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Riddle of the Third Mile

By: Colin Dexter
Narrated by: Kevin Whately
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 The thought suddenly occurred to Morse that this would be a marvellous time to murder a few of the doddery old bachelor dons. No wives to worry about their whereabouts; no landladies to whine about the unpaid rents. In fact nobody would miss most of them at all.

By the 16th of July the Master of Lonsdale was concerned, but not yet worried.

Dr Browne-Smith had passed through the porter's lodge at approximately 8.15am on the morning of Friday, the 11th of July. And nobody had heard from him since.

Plenty of time to disappear, thought Morse. And plenty of time, too, for someone to commit murder.

© Colin Dexter; (P)Macmillan Publishers Ltd Mystery Police Procedurals Suspense Thriller & Suspense Traditional Detectives Crime
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Critic reviews

"[Morse is] the most prickly, conceited, and genuinely brilliant detective since Hercule Poirot." (The New York Times Book Review)
"[Dexter] is a magician with character, story construction, and the English language....Colin Dexter and Morse are treasures of the genre." (Mystery News)
"It is a delight to watch this brilliant, quirky man deduce." (Minneapolis Star & Tribune)
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What does Kevin Whately bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Whately is a good reader. Having one of the stars of the TV series read these stories gives it a special quality.

Morse is the best

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All plot, very little character, no depth at all. But an intricate plot that ties together neatly at the end.

Like jigsaws?

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the storyline was a little hard to follow along at certain times at all

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Hopefully they will replace the credit. Not working. I can hear about two minutes and then it shuts off.

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