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Loading... Last Bus to Woodstock (1975)by Colin Dexter
None. The plot is great, Dexter plays fair, the recurring characters are in the early stages of their development but recognizable, and Dexter's sense of humor adds a touch of levity, but this novel left me wondering whether I would read any more in the series--can't really say why that it, but that's my reaction. (  ) nmele | Apr 6, 2013 |  This was the first in the Inspector Morse series that spawned a successful television series (and a spin-off for his sidekick Lewis). The setting in Oxford is well-done, and the plot interesting, but I'm not particularly keen on Morse as a character. auntieknickers | Apr 3, 2013 | Inspector Morse mystery; only my 2nd Dexter mystery, but confirmed for me the criticism of his misogyny FKarr | Apr 3, 2013 | Outdated and predictable. I was three steps ahead of Morse and Lewis right the way through and badly wanted to punch the pair of them for their views on women (and suicide). I guess all this was acceptable in 1975 but I am baffled as to why this series remains so popular with some people. I may try one more book that comes later in the series, just to see if there's been any growth or improvement in the attitudes of the protagonists but I don't think I'll be slogging my way through the rest of the series. 1  Booksloth | Aug 5, 2012 | Decent mystery but much too "cute" about keeping the reader in the dark, which I found frustrating. None of the characters particularly likable or admirable. Also, being a present-day mystery, much too unpleasantly real for my taste. I won't be reading any more Dexter or Morse. (  ) elwyne | Jun 21, 2011 | no reviews | add a review Is contained in
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0804114900, Mass Market Paperback)"[Morse is] the most prickly, conceited, and genuinely brilliant detective since Hercule Poirot."--The New York Times Book Review "YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW MORSE UNTIL YOU'VE READ HIM. . . . Viewers who have enjoyed British actor John Thaw as Morse in the PBS Mystery! anthology series should welcome the deeper character development in Dexter's novels." --Chicago Sun-Times Beautiful Sylvia Kaye and another young woman had been seen hitching a ride not long before Sylvia's bludgeoned body is found outside a pub in Woodstock, near Oxford. Morse is sure the other hitchhiker can tell him much of what he needs to know. But his confidence is shaken by the cool inscrutability of the girl he's certain was Sylvia's companion on that ill-fated September evening. Shrewd as Morse is, he's also distracted by the complex scenarios that the murder set in motion among Sylvia's girlfriends and their Oxford playmates. To grasp the painful truth, and act upon it, requires from Morse the last atom of his professional discipline. "Few novelists write books as intelligent and deliciously frightening as those by Colin Dexter. . . . What Mr. Dexter does so well, so brilliantly, is weave a thick, cerebral story chock-full of literary references and clever red herrings." --The Washington Times "A MASTERFUL CRIME WRITER WHOM FEW OTHERS MATCH." --Publishers Weekly (retrieved from Amazon Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:44:19 -0500) Beautiful Sylvia Kaye and another young woman had been seen hitching a ride not long before Sylvia's bludgeoned body is found outside a pub in Woodstock near Oxford. Morse is sure the other hitchhiker can tell him much of what he needs to know. But his confidence is shaken by the cool inscrutability of the girl he's certain was Sylvia's companion on that ill-fated September evening. Shrewd as Morse is he's also distracted by the complex scenarios that the murder set in motion among Sylvia's girlfriends and their Oxford playmates.… (more) |
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