THE DEAD OF JERICHO PB NEC – COLIN DEXTER

Winner of the CWA Silver Dagger Award, The Dead of Jericho is the fifth novel in Colin Dexter s Oxford-set Inspector Morse series. As portrayed by John Thaw in ITV s Inspector Morse. Morse switched on the gramophone to play , and sought to switch his mind away from all the terrestrial troubles. Sometimes, this way, he almost managed to forget. But not tonight . . . Anne Scott s address was scribbled on a crumpled note in the pocket of Morse s smartest suit. As he turned the corner of Canal Street, Jericho, on the afternoon of Wednesday, 3rd October, he hadn t planned a second visit. But he was back later the same day – as the officer in charge of her suicide investigation. Following another local death, Morse is not convinced of Anna’s suspected suicide and begins the search for answers . . . The Dead of Jericho is followed by the sixth book in the detective series, The Riddle of the Third Mile.