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The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn Morse had never ceased to wonder why, with the staggering advances in medical science, all pronouncements concerning times of death seemed so disconcertingly vague. The newly appointed member of the Oxford Examination Syndicate was deaf, provincial and gifted. Now he is dead
And his murder, in his North Oxford home, proves to be the start o The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn Morse had never ceased to wonder why, with the staggering advances in medical science, all pronouncements concerning times of death seemed so disconcertingly vague. The newly appointed member of the Oxford Examination Syndicate was deaf, provincial and gifted. Now he is dead
And his murder, in his North Oxford home, proves to be the start of a formidably labyrinthine case for chief Inspector Morse, as he tries to track down the killer through the insular and bitchy world of the Oxford colleges
Service of All the Dead The sweet countenance of reason greeted Morse serenly when he woke, and told him that it would be no bad idea to have a quiet look at the problem itself before galloping off to a solution. Chief Inspector Morse was alone among the congregation in suspecting continued unrest in the quiet parish of St. Frideswides. Most people could still remember the churchwardens murder. A few could still recall the murderers suicide. Now even the police had closed the case. Until a chance meeting among the tombstones reveals startling new evidence of a conspiracy to deceive
The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn Morse had never ceased to wonder why, with the staggering advances in medical science, all pronouncements concerning times of death seemed so disconcertingly vague. The newly appointed member of the Oxford Examination Syndicate was deaf, provincial and gifted. Now he is dead
And his murder, in his North Oxford home, proves to be the start o The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn Morse had never ceased to wonder why, with the staggering advances in medical science, all pronouncements concerning times of death seemed so disconcertingly vague. The newly appointed member of the Oxford Examination... Read More