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The Wench Is Dead is a historical crime novel by Colin Dexter, the eighth novel in the Inspector Morse series. The novel received the Gold Dagger Award in 1989. Plot summary. In 1859, the body of a young woman was found floating in the Oxford Canal; her death led to a sensational murder trial, and two men were eventually hanged for the murder.
- Colin Dexter
- 1989
Jan 1, 2001 · Colin Dexter. 3.92. 4,593 ratings275 reviews. Inspector Morse, recovering from an ulcer in Oxford's Radcliffe Hospital, comes across an old book recounting a sensational murder case that took place in Oxford 100 years earlier.
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- 1989
- Colin Dexter
- Paperback
Sep 4, 2008 · Hardcover. $6.16 31 Used from $2.25 2 New from $25.00 6 Collectible from $11.50. The Wench is Dead is the eighth novel in Colin Dexter's Oxford-set detective series featuring Inspector Morse. That night he dreamed in Technicolor. He saw the ochre-skinned, scantily clad siren in her black, arrowed stockings.
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- Colin Dexter
- Kindle
- $12.99
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May 3, 2018 · by Colin Dexter (Author) 4.1 1,189 ratings. See all formats and editions. Inspector Morse, recovering from an ulcer in Oxford's Radcliffe Hospital, comes across an old book recounting a sensational murder case that took place in Oxford 100 years earlier.
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- Colin Dexter
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Sep 4, 2008 · Colin Dexter. Pan Macmillan, Sep 4, 2008 - Fiction - 256 pages. The Wench is Dead is the eighth novel in Colin Dexter's Oxford-set detective series featuring Inspector Morse. That...
May 30, 2024 · A hundred and thirty years later Chief Inspector Morse is bedbound and recovering from a perforated ulcer at Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital when he is handed an old book to read, one that recounts the trial of a murder aboard the Barbara Bray canal boat: the murder of Joanna Franks.
- Colin Dexter