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S'està carregant… Morse's Greatest Mystery and Other Stories (1993)de Colin Dexter
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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. My first introduction to the world of Morse and it is wonderful. Very humorous and clever - and I love the characters Morse and Lewis, natch. Even the non-Morse stories were really good (especially the one with Sherlock Holmes). I'm really going to have to hunt down the rest of the series now! ( ) England, Cambridge, ca 1980 Indeholder "As Good as Gold", "Morse's Greatest Mystery", "Evans Tries an O-Level", "Dead as a Dodo", "At The Lulu-Bar Motel", "Neighbourhood Watch", "A Case of Mis-Identity", "The Inside Story", "Monty's Revolver", "The Carpet-Bagger", "Last Call". "As Good as Gold" handler om en terrorist Muldoon, som politiet har fanget, men hvor en af politimændene Watson har dummet sig og spoleret beviser. Men Muldoon ender med at tilstå hvor han har været og Watson bliver forfremmet alligevel. "Morse's Greatest Mystery" handler om et rapseri af 400 pund. Morse spiller skjult julemand og erstatter dem af egen lomme. "Evans Tries an O-Level" handler om en flugtkonge, James Roderick Evans, der har studeret tysk i fængslet og gerne vil til eksamen. Han har flere hjælpere på og har en god flugtplan, selv om fængselsdirektøren fanger ham igen. "Dead as a Dodo" handler om den lidt pukkelryggede Philip Wise, der får et lift af Morse i en regnbyge og fortæller en historie om en krigstidskæreste/bekendt Dodo Whitaker. Faderen er død for nyligt og Philip dukker op ved bisættelsen i håb om et glimt af den gamle kæreste, selv om der aldrig skete noget fysisk mellem dem. Men hun er der ikke og familien lader heller ikke til at ville sige noget. Morse gætter hurtigt at "Dodo" faktisk hed Ambrose og nok holdt lav profil for ikke at skulle tilbage i krigstjeneste. Et billede af Ambrose i uniform fra krigens start bekræfter det. "At The Lulu-Bar Motel" handler om Lucy, Luke, Bartholomew og Danny. Og en hel flok af svindlere og fidusmagere, der snører hinanden. For folk er ret godtroende. Og historiens fortæller ender med at stå med sorteper eller i alt fald en stak papir klippet i sammen størrelse som pengesedler. "Neighbourhood Watch" handler om ??? "A Case of Mis-Identity" handler om Sherlock Holmes og hans bror Mycroft. Men doktor Watson er faktisk snedigst. ??? "The Inside Story" handler om ??? "Monty's Revolver" handler om professor Frank Rawlins, hvis sekretær Carol Summerson ikke kan få børn med sin mand John. Frank har fået 6 drenge med sine to koner, men da Carol og John får et barn, kalder de hende for Francesca. "The Carpet-Bagger" handler om Danny Smithson, ??? "Last Call" handler om en Peter Sherwood, der bliver fundet død i et hotelværelse. Konen er kemiker og der er natriumfluoracetat (Sodium Fluoroacetate) i hans insulin. Elskerinden Jane Ballantyre bliver opsporet af Morse og Lewis, som så sikkert kan bevise hvad der skete. Småhistorier om kriminalinspektør Morse og hans håndgangne mand Lewis. Samt nogle stykker uden Morse og Lewis. Nogle få lange (Good as Gold og The Inside Story) og resten korte. Morse is one of those detectives that, due to the TV series has seeped into the nation's conciousness without you having to read any of the books. This was the first time I've read a Morse book, and the series of short stories set in an around Oxford do not all include Morse. I like him, he's a bit grumpy, he's a bit set in his ways, he's probably a tyrant to work for, but he has a something about him. There's a heart of gold under the gruff exterior, but there's also a sharp inteliigence and a fine knowledge of human nature. Some of these stories feel like they were trial runs for a longer story, it feels like they could be fleshed out, in othercases, it is just the right length. They are, to some extent, dated, the world has moved on to mobiles and the like, while Morse continues to exist in a world where there are pay phones on the corners of roads. I wonder if that will make them easier to read in the future as a period paiece, it's almost like it feels old fashioned now, but will be historic in the future. Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
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"Morse had solved so many mysteries in his life. Was he now, he wondered, beginning to glimpse the solution to the greatest mystery of them all... ?"How can the discovery of a short story by a beautiful Oxford graduate lead Chief Inspector Morse to her murderer? What awaits Morse and Lewis in Room 231 of the Randolph Hotel? Why does a theft at Christmas lead the detective to look upon the festive season with uncharacteristic goodwill? And what happens when Morse himself falls victim to a brilliantly executed crime?This dazzling collection of short stories from Inspector Morse's creator, Colin Dexter, includes six ingenious cases for the world's most popular fictional detective - plus five other tantalisingly original tales to delight all lovers of classic crime fiction. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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