Saturday, May 27, 2023

Colin Dexter - The Wench Is Dead








Colin Dexter is now most famous for Inspector Morse tv show, but his novels stand on their own. 
Morse is lying in hospital due to his alcoholism which would eventually lead to his death in final novel The Remorseful Day, and visitor give him book detailing early victorian account of murder of Joanna Franks by two boatman. 
Even in hospital Morse can't do without puzzles and as he reads about the case, he has some doubt about the truth of the ancient case. 
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