Death Is Now My Neighbor

Rating:
Summary: Excellent
Review: This book tells a compelling story and is a good introduction to the Morse/Lewis partnership for newcomers to this series. This author writes persuasively and realistically, particularly in respect of Oxford, the dons and their egos. This book is well worth a try.

Rating:
Summary: Excellent
Review: This book tells a compelling story and is a good introduction to the Morse/Lewis partnership for newcomers to this series. This author writes persuasively and realistically, particularly in respect of Oxford, the dons and their egos. This book is well worth a try.

Rating:
Summary: Excellent is all i have to say
Review: This is a suberbly written book. Praises to Colin Dexter. The infamous morse and lewis (Morse and Lewis) are portrayed in an excellent and complex characters that you actually start to fell and care about what happens to them. the story is about a murder which happens in Bloxham Drive and morse and lewis investigate it . it leads up to a story of blackmailing and a local election at Lonsdale College for the new master. The book is well written with short paragraphs that made it easier to read and understand and the beautiful plot twists that i enjoyed thouroghly. I would like to ounce again praise Colin for a job well done and this is the first inspector morse book ive read and im hoping to read others in the futre.

Rating:
Summary: Morse and Lewis shine again
Review: This series defies the natural tendency of detective series to peter out under the pressure of producing more and more adventures of their heroes. Here Inspector Morse and Lewis each grow a little and reveal more of their character, all while solving a puzzle as neat as any you'll find. As long as Oxford Dons keep being murdered and murdering, Morse and Lewis will prosper.

Rating:
Summary: Dexter produces best Morse tale to date
Review: Those who enjoy Colin Dexter's 'Inspector Morse' novels will completely enjoy this latest novel starring, those two deep and colorful characters, Morse and Lewis. Readers will enjoy the added tension and humor of Morse dealing with a life changing illness as well as murders in Oxford. This is Dexter's best novel revealing more depths to Morse -including his first name- and a tight, interesting and baffling mystery! I can't wait for the next one!

Rating:
Summary: It's all in the characters
Review: With a frighteningly penetrating, ever-active mind, Chief Inspector Morse always attributes more brilliance and originality to the criminal than is warranted. To me, author Colin Dexter's magic act lies in the way he conceals the relative ordinariness of the crimes(and criminals) as we become entranced by Morse's poetic interpretations of them. In this installment of the series we are made privy to the angling of University dons as they vie to become Master of Lonsdale College. There is somewhat less vividness in the portrayal of the academics than I would have hoped--the two competing wives, each with certain similarities to Lady Macbeth, are more compelling. The relationship between Morse and Lewis is quite warm when compared to earlier books in the series, with Morse expressing his appreciation to Lewis in moving terms. The ultimate resolution of the murder relies exceedingly on figuring the amount of time needed to commute between point A and B, which I found tedious. What binds the whole are the personalities of Morse and Lewis. Beyond that we see Morse contemplating life and death with pragmatism and romance, which is what ultimately makes this a haunting book.

Rating:
Summary: It's all in the characters
Review: With a frighteningly penetrating, ever-active mind, Chief Inspector Morse always attributes more brilliance and originality to the criminal than is warranted. To me, author Colin Dexter's magic act lies in the way he conceals the relative ordinariness of the crimes(and criminals) as we become entranced by Morse's poetic interpretations of them. In this installment of the series we are made privy to the angling of University dons as they vie to become Master of Lonsdale College. There is somewhat less vividness in the portrayal of the academics than I would have hoped--the two competing wives, each with certain similarities to Lady Macbeth, are more compelling. The relationship between Morse and Lewis is quite warm when compared to earlier books in the series, with Morse expressing his appreciation to Lewis in moving terms. The ultimate resolution of the murder relies exceedingly on figuring the amount of time needed to commute between point A and B, which I found tedious. What binds the whole are the personalities of Morse and Lewis. Beyond that we see Morse contemplating life and death with pragmatism and romance, which is what ultimately makes this a haunting book.