The Dead of Jericho

<p><b>Winner of the CWA Silver Dagger Award</b><b>, <i>The Dead of Jericho</i></b><b> is the fifth novel in Colin Dexter's Oxford-set Inspector Morse series.</b><br><br><i>Morse switched on the gramophone to 'play', and sought to switch his mind away from all the terrestrial troubles. Sometimes, this way, he almost managed to forget. But not tonight . . .</i><br><br>Anne Scott's address was scribbled on a crumpled note in the pocket of Morse's smartest suit.<br><br>He turned the corner of Canal Street, Jericho, on the afternoon of Wednesday, 3rd October.<br><br>He hadn't planned a second visit. But he was back later the same day – as the officer in charge of a suicide investigation . . .<br><br><i>The Dead of Jericho</i> is followed by the sixth book in the detective series, <i>The Riddle of the Third Mile</i>.</p>