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Two young women are waiting in Oxford for a bus to the nearby town of Woodstock, and they decide to hitch a lift. Later that night, one of them, Sylvia Kaye, is found murdered and apparently raped in the car park of the Black Prince pub in Woodstock. Suspicion falls on various characters.
- Colin Dexter
- 256
- 1975
- January 1975
Last Bus to Woodstock: Directed by Peter Duffell. With John Thaw, Kevin Whately, Anthony Bate, Terrence Hardiman. A young blonde hitches a late lift from a bus stop and ends up dead in a pub car park.
- (851)
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Peter Duffell
- 1988-03-22
Aug 21, 2009 · Last Bus to Woodstock (Inspector Morse Series Book 1) Kindle Edition. by Colin Dexter (Author) Format: Kindle Edition. 4.1 3,282 ratings. Book 1 of 13: Inspector Morse. See all formats and editions. The first intriguing case that began Colin Dexter’s phenomenally successful Inspector Morse series.
- (3.3K)
- Colin Dexter
- Colin Dexter
- 1975
Jan 1, 1975 · The novel begins with two girls waiting for a bus to Woodstock. Unsure whether or not they have missed the last bus, they decide to hitch a lift and one of them ends up brutally murdered. There are many different strands to the investigation - who picked the girls up, why did they not stay together and why has the other girl not come forward?
- (16.6K)
- Mass Market Paperback
- Colin Dexter
Apr 17, 2018 · A review of the first Morse novel by Colin Dexter, published in 1975 and adapted for TV in 1988. The novel features Morse and Lewis investigating a murder at a pub in Oxford, with literary references, humour and style.
About Last Bus to Woodstock. “ [Morse is] the most prickly, conceited, and genuinely brilliant detective since Hercule Poirot.” –The New York Times Book Review “YOU DON’T REALLY KNOW MORSE UNTIL YOU’VE READ HIM. . . . Viewers who have enjoyed British actor John Thaw as Morse in the PBS Mystery!
