FROM CWA CARTIER DIAMOND DAGGER AWARD WINNER COLIN DEXTER

The sweet countenance of Reason greeted Morse serenely when he woke, and told him that it would be no bad idea to have a quiet look at the problem itself before galloping off to a solution.

Chief Inspector Morse was alone among the congregation in suspecting continued unrest in the quiet parish of St Frideswide’s. Most people could still remember the churchwarden’s murder. A few could still recall the murderer’s suicide. Now even the police had closed the case. Until a chance meeting among the tombstones reveals startling new evidence of a conspiracy to deceive …

PRAISE FOR THE INSPECTOR MORSE SERIES

The Inspector Morse series, both the novels and the television dramas, are among the finest creations of British culture and are known and loved all over the world. Sydney Morning Herald

Let those who lament the decline of the English detective story reach for Colin Dexter
Guardian