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The Secret of Annexe 3

Inspector Morse Mysteries, Book 7

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The Secret of Annexe 3

By: Colin Dexter
Narrated by: Samuel West
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Morse sought to hide his disappointment. So many people in the Haworth Hotel that fateful evening had been wearing some sort of disguise - a change of dress, a change of makeup, a change of partner, a change of attitude, a change of life almost; and the man who had died had been the most consummate artist of them all....

Chief Inspector Morse seldom allowed himself to be caught up in New Year celebrations. So the murder inquiry in the festive hotel had a certain appeal.

It was a crime worthy of the season.

The corpse was still in fancy dress. And hardly a single guest at the Haworth had registered under a genuine name....

©2017 Colin Dexter (P)2017 Macmillan Digital Audio Detective Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Traditional Detectives Crime Suspense

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It’s a pity that with an author that was as pedantic as Colin Dexter , who , was so consumed with the English language , managed to get stuck with a narrator who continually mispronounced the word suppose, it is not spelled sposed and should not be pronounced as such .

Pity .

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I really enjoyed this story. The narrator's voice is impeccable and as I listen I have visions of John Thaw and Kevin Whately. I love the timeliness of Morse. It feels a very realistic relationship between two old colleagues. For me the story was easy to follow.

The narrator's voice is impeccable

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keeps you guessing throughout. excellent reader too. Will definitely listen to more Dexter and read by West

Great mastery by Dexter

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A gentle and soothing crime novel that involved me throughout. I was not familiar with this particular Morse book, and it was a great discovery. Thank you, Audible.

Great narration & story

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Dexter’s characters are real people. He weaves the story with lots of twists and turns. The detectives have vulnerabilities. A real page-turner.

A mellow, realistic story

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All of it . This is ridiculous because to explain would give it away so so so so

Clever, as usual

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Postwar murder stories are more varied than the “Golden Age” stuff, when it’s always about inheritance (or foreigners).
The fancy dress party is, however, a recurring trope in whodunnits. (Indeed, mistaken identity and disguise is a dramatic device as old as time, from Esau and Isaac on.)
Oxford residents seem to have an attraction to jumping off church towers, and admittedly they have a wide choice, but, for heavens’ sake, there are easier and less vindictive methods of arranging that inevitable rendezvous with your Maker.
I am very fond of Max, the pathologist who has a kyphoscoliosis, who quite properly refuses to be bullied by Morse, or anyone else, into making dogmatic statements that are unwarranted. He’s more than a match for Morse, who would be likely to skive off post-mortems he ought to attend.
It’s always easy to locate these novels in time by the cars - Metro, Maestro, Mini - names recalling the local Cowley industry, before Thatcher destroyed British manufacturing.
I can’t understand Morse’s enthusiasm for blended whisky (“cooking whisky”), Bell’s is acceptable in Black Bun; he thinks Glenfiddich is great stuff - he needs to get out more!

Hogmanay masquerade without good will

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Plot was not fully explained and new character introduced in last few minutes. who assisted in the murder. . Nonetheless a nice listen. I love Morse. The reader of the Morse books is exceptional.

Complicated story

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excellent narrator, provides good characterisation for both Morse and Lewis. Story line leaves you guessing till the end

Good characterisation

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His range and modulation, enabling one to envisage all the characters separately and most probably as the author meant them.

Samuel West’s narration.

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