The Dead of Jericho: 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.

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.

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 a suicide investigation...