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Service of All the Dead
- Inspector Morse Mysteries, Book 4
- Narrated by: Samuel West
- Series: Inspector Morse Mysteries, Book 4
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
- Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Mystery
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Publisher's Summary
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- Mark
- 12-08-19
This series just does not disappoint
Colin Dexter's Inspector Morse series continues to satisfy and is well narrated by Samuel West. This intricately woven story requires Morse and Lewis to unravel murder and conspiracy centred around a village church where nothing is quite as it seems. Another top tier effort from Colin Dexter.
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- Mary Carnegie
- 03-02-18
“Beware of Anglo-Catholics”
Well read by Samuel West, without silly voices. Just a good performance. In “Brideshead Revisited” Charles Ryder’s priggish cousin Jasper gives him advice on how to behave as a student at Oxford (which Charles ignores, mostly, to the benefit of Waugh’s readers!) “Beware the Anglo-Catholics, they’re all sodomites with unpleasant accents”. The Anglo-Catholics in Dexter’s book are well worth avoiding, for many reasons - a tendency to murder, even during services would count rather higher than a middleclass or regional accent in my estimation! All that incense, elaborate vestments, sung Eucharists and old-fashioned Confessionals - more Catholic than the Pope! - provide the background for a series of murders of sinners and innocent alike. Morse is supposed to be on annual leave, but gets drawn into the unholy mystery by chance, first unofficially. He is often perplexed, but obsessional that he is, comes at last to a solution, albeit partial. Poor old Lewis - it’s a trial to have a boss who hasn’t a happy domestic life! It’s well written, has local colour, intrigue and suspense.
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- Anonymous User
- 12-27-20
Why is it never straight forwards?
Sometimes it is. Morse, as usual, looks for the complex solution first. Is it right?
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- Faye Vane
- 05-19-20
Addicted to Morse
I love the Morse books, it's good to listen to the whole and then dip in again to understand fully
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- david llewellyn
- 06-14-19
A classic Morse tale
An excellent audiobook production of a classic Morse story. Beautifully read by Mr. West. Very enjoyable.
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- Anonymous User
- 05-17-19
A particularly good Morse story, expertly read.
Sam West’s exceptionally good narrations have renewed my interest in Colon Dexter’s original Morse books.