Service of All the Dead

Written by Colin Dexter

Narrated by Samuel West

The sweet countenance of Reason greeted Morse serenely when he woke, and told him that it would be no bad idea to have a quiet look at the problem itself before galloping off to a solution.

Chief Inspector Morse was alone among the congregation in suspecting continued unrest in the quiet parish of St Frideswide's.

Most people could still remember the churchwarden's murder. A few could still recall the murderer's suicide. Now even the police had closed the case.

Until a chance meeting among the tombstones reveals startling new evidence of a conspiracy to deceive...

• Language: English
• Publisher: Pan Macmillan
• Release date: Oct 12, 2017
• ISBN: 9781509865307

Colin Dexter

Colin Dexter won many awards for his novels including the CWA Gold Dagger and Silver Dagger awards. In 1997 he was presented with the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger Award for outstanding services to crime literature. Colin's thirteenth and final Inspector Morse novel, The Remorseful Day, was published in 1999. He lived in Oxford until his death in 2017.

Reviews for Service of All the Dead

[Lynn Patten · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Terrific book - I don't think of these "Mysteries" as such because the types & situations of the large set of characters mostly are given a wide backstory as well as their involvement in the present murder. With the era of the 70 s in which they were written, they are a bit of a time travel in addition.

[David Garrett · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Well written plot and good detective mystery from the author.