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The Secret of Annexe 3

By: Colin Dexter
Narrated by: Samuel West
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The Secret of Annexe 3 is the seventh novel in Colin Dexter's Oxford-set detective series.

Morse sought to hide his disappointment. So many people in the Haworth Hotel that fateful evening had been wearing some sort of disguise – a change of dress, a change of make-up, a change of partner, a change of attitude, a change of life almost; and the man who had died had been the most consummate artist of them all . . .

Chief Inspector Morse seldom allowed himself to be caught up in New Year celebrations. So the murder inquiry in the festive hotel had a certain appeal.

It was a crime worthy of the season.

The corpse was still in fancy dress. And hardly a single guest at the Haworth had registered under a genuine name . . .

The Secret of Annexe 3 is followed by the eighth Inspector Morse book, The Wench is Dead.

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All of it . This is ridiculous because to explain would give it away so so so so

Clever, as usual

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keeps you guessing throughout. excellent reader too. Will definitely listen to more Dexter and read by West

Great mastery by Dexter

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Postwar murder stories are more varied than the “Golden Age” stuff, when it’s always about inheritance (or foreigners).
The fancy dress party is, however, a recurring trope in whodunnits. (Indeed, mistaken identity and disguise is a dramatic device as old as time, from Esau and Isaac on.)
Oxford residents seem to have an attraction to jumping off church towers, and admittedly they have a wide choice, but, for heavens’ sake, there are easier and less vindictive methods of arranging that inevitable rendezvous with your Maker.
I am very fond of Max, the pathologist who has a kyphoscoliosis, who quite properly refuses to be bullied by Morse, or anyone else, into making dogmatic statements that are unwarranted. He’s more than a match for Morse, who would be likely to skive off post-mortems he ought to attend.
It’s always easy to locate these novels in time by the cars - Metro, Maestro, Mini - names recalling the local Cowley industry, before Thatcher destroyed British manufacturing.
I can’t understand Morse’s enthusiasm for blended whisky (“cooking whisky”), Bell’s is acceptable in Black Bun; he thinks Glenfiddich is great stuff - he needs to get out more!

Hogmanay masquerade without good will

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Plot was not fully explained and new character introduced in last few minutes. who assisted in the murder. . Nonetheless a nice listen. I love Morse. The reader of the Morse books is exceptional.

Complicated story

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His range and modulation, enabling one to envisage all the characters separately and most probably as the author meant them.

Samuel West’s narration.

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