The Remorseful Day
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By Colin Dexter
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The Remorseful Day is the thirteenth and last novel in Colin Dexter’s Oxford-set detective series.
‘Where does this all leave us, sir?’
‘Things are moving fast.’
’We’re getting near the end, you mean?’
‘We were always near the end.’
The murder of Yvonne Harrison had left Thames Valley CID baffled. A year after the dreadful crime they are still no nearer to making an arrest. But one man has yet to tackle the case – and it is just the sort of puzzle at which Chief Inspector Morse excels.
So why is he adamant that he will not lead the re-investigation, despite the entreaties of Chief Superintendent Strange and dark hints of some new evidence? And why, if he refuses to take on the case officially, does he seem to be carrying out his own private enquiries?
For Sergeant Lewis this is yet another example of the unsettling behaviour his chief has been displaying of late . . .
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The last in the Morse series of novels and, as usual, set in and around Oxford. Morse and Lewis are looking into a murder linked to a cold case that had baffled the police at the time. That cold case had involved Morse but he refuses to get involved in the official re-investigation and instead seems to be working on it in his own time, which Lewis cannot understand. Reading this again, I was reminded why I’d loved this series first time around. It’s full of red herrings and changes of direction, while the reader tries to follow Morse’s thought processes. Because of the TV programmes you feel you know the characters really well and while the novel maybe feels a bit dated now, it was still really enjoyable.
Review by: Norfolk Gal, Oundle Crime
