The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn
10 February 2011Imprint: Pan
Synopsis
The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn is the third novel in Colin Dexter's Oxford-set detective series.
Morse had never ceased to wonder why, with the staggering advances in medical science, all pronouncements concerning times of death seemed so disconcertingly vague.
When the newly-appointed and gifted member of the Oxford Examinations Syndicate is murdered in his north Oxford home, so starts a formidably...
Details
10 February 2011304 pages
9780330504164Imprint: Pan
Reviews
Traditional crime writing at its best; the kind of book without which no armchair is completeSunday Times
No one constructs a whodunit with more fiendish skill than Colin DexterGuardian
Dexter has created a giant among fictional detectivesThe Times
The writing is highly intelligent, the atmosphere melancholy, the effect hauntingDaily Telegraph
