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| Book Number | B0013732 |
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| Title | The Dead of Jericho |
| Author(s) | Author: Dexter, Colin [Norman] Dust Jacket Design By: Wilkinson, Mark Colin [Norman] Dexter (1930-)—English crime writer, known for his Inspector Morse novels. He started writing after being forced by to retire from teaching by the onset of deafness, producing the first Morse Novel Last Bus to Woodstock in 1975 and the last The Remorseful Day in 1999. The Crime Writers' Association awarded him Silver Daggers for Service of All the Dead in 1979 and The Dead of Jericho in 1981 and Gold Daggers for The Wench is Dead in 1989 and The Way Through the Woods in 1992 as well as a Cartier Diamond Dagger for lifetime achievement in 1997. The books were adapted for television, with 33 episodes produced between 1987 and 2001 |
| Edition and Format | First Edition, [First Printing] —Book edition identified by: Publishers imprint information. Dust jacket edition identified by: Priced £5.95 on the front flap and Service Of All The Dead reviewed on the rear. [References: Cooper and Pike p 112 to 113] Hardcover, Octavo (20-25 cm high). 224 printed pages in black cloth with gilt lettering and publisher's logo on the spine, in pictorial dust jacket. ISBN 0333317289 [9780333317280] |
| Publisher(s) | MacMillan, London, 1981 |
| Series | Inspector Morse Series Number Five Inspector Morse Series—A series of Detective novels featuring Detective Chief Inspector Endeavour Morse and Robbie Lewis who are in the CID of Thames Valley Police. The books are notable for their false leads, red herrings and numerous and ingenious plot twists: Last Bus to Woodstock, Last Seen Wearing, The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn, Service of All the Dead, The Dead of Jericho, The Riddle of the Third Mile, The Secret of Annexe 3, The Wench is Dead, The Jewel That Was Ours, The Way Through the Woods, The Daughters of Cain, Death is Now My Neighbour and The Remorseful Day. 33 television episodes staring John Thaw were also produced by Central Independent Television from 1987–2000. The series contains 13 books. The first book was originally published in 1975 and the last book was originally published in 1999 |
| Content | Content The fifth Inspector Morse Novel and the first to be televised. Anne Scott is found hanging in her kitchen at 9 Canal Reach, Jericho, but Morse's suspect seems to have the perfect alibi…. |
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