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Last Seen Wearing—considered the first police procedural novel—was a compelling, enjoyable murder mystery with an unnecessary sexist bent. Waugh likely based the story on the unsolved disappearance of Bennington College student Paula Jean Welden in 1946 (which may have also been an inspiration for Shirley Jackson’s novel Hangsaman).
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Jan 1, 1999 · Last Seen Wearing. Paperback – January 1, 1999. Eighteen-year old Lowell Mitchell leaves her Friday morning history class and goes back to her room. Her roommate talks to her as she lies on the bed with her arm across her face. That is the last time she is seen, and 12 hours later the Bristol Police are involved.
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- Hilary Waugh
Dec 20, 2023 · S2E2: When Morse is assigned a cold case of a runaway teenager from school, he suspects that the girl's been murdered.English crime, drama, mystery 1987-2000...
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Mar 24, 2022 · Last Seen Wearing is a solid police procedural, with the clever investigation troubled by red herrings from well-meaning citizens and cranks both. I loved the careful investigation, but I didn’t love the hard-boiled detectives themselves, mostly because their banter, often while being served cocktails by a wife who doesn’t have a single ...
Last Seen Wearing is based on the second book by Colin Dexter, and while it starts off quite slowly, and doesn't have the most exciting storyline from Morse, it is still well looking out for. There is as always a wonderful script, and some excellent camera-work. My favourite was the close up of Morse reading the book at the beginning.
May 28, 2015 · Last Seen Wearing… is indeed one of the best examples and while there isn't as much interesting detail about the relationships between the cops nor the dull bureaucracy that are both hallmarks of Jonathan Craig's 6th Precinct series Waugh still shows that police can be just as clever and insightful as the brilliant amateurs who dominated the ...
