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Name: The Jewel That Was Ours

Author: Colin Dexter
Year: 1991
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Mystery, Detective

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ISBNs:
9780804109819
0804109818

"Superbly clue-laden...A complex and satisfying puzzle."
THE BOSTON SUNDAY GLOBE
The case seems so simple, Inspector Morse deemed it beneath his notice. A wealthy, elderly American tourist has a heart attack in her room at Oxford's luxurious Randolph Hotel. Missing from the scene is the lady's handbag, which contained the Wolvercote Tongue, a priceless jewel that her late husband had bequeathed to the Ashmolean Museum just across the street. Morse proceeds to spend a great deal of time thinking--and drinking--in the hotel's bar, certain the solution is close at hand--until conflicting stories, suspicious doings, and a real murder convince him otherwise....
"It is a delight to watch this brilliant, quirky man [Morse] deduce."
MINNEAPOLIS STAR & TRIBUNE

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"The Daughters of Cain"
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"The Third Inspector Morse Omnibus"
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"Morse's Greatest Mystery and Other Stories"
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"The Way Through the Woods"
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"The Second Inspector Morse Omnibus"
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