Reviews

• 100年前の殺人事件を解決！？モース氏の生活と意見も楽しめる！！

  モースは大酒がたたり、胃潰瘍出血で緊急入院、その間、1859年６月に起こった殺人事件の裁判記録を入手、読み始めると魅了される。オックスフォード近くの運河で女の死体が発見される。女の乗った船の酔っぱらい船員たちが疑われる。男たちに絡まれていたと女は訴えていたのだ。ありふれた婦女暴行殺人か。しかし、記録を読んだモースは奇妙な細部が多いのが気になる。事件以前に身の危険を訴えていながら、そして陸の移動手段もあったのに女は運河船に乗り続けていた。一方、当の船員たちは女は異常だったと無罪を訴えていた。しかし、被告たちには有罪が宣告され処刑。モースは他の記録も入手して、女の不可思議な行動や状況を新たな事件を想定して見事に解き明かす。これを裏付ける展開が最後まで続くので楽しめる。また、この作品はユーモアも満載で楽しい。相変わらず女にもてるモース（理解できない！）。モースによればDickensのThe Bleak Houseが最高の小説なんだそう。へー！？また、病院の話ではモースはアル中で60歳までもたないんだそう！！あわわ！！

• 英語の勉強に読んで

  複雑だけど、面白い。会話の勉強にはならない。引用などは教養がないと分からない。ラテン語とか、シェークスピアとか。

• Great as usual!

  This story is one of my favorite. The writing is so enjoyable and I love the sense of humour of Morse character.

• It wasn't what I expected

  I watched Morse and Endeavour and I expected more of this book, I think it could be the less interesting book of this character.

• Very, very interesting !

  This is a wonderful book as I expected. I saw it on the tv long time ago and wished to read it. John Thaw did such a great job playing Morse that while reading, I always imagined him as the main character. I like the plot, the humor, everything. Of course when solving a case you need some luck too, especially when it is that much cold. I recommend to see this tv episode of inspector Morse after done reading, because they complement each other. The book has more information, and the tv episode follows the line well, using some director's freedom, but not dropping the ball. The tv version also paid some more attention to the shoes, mentioned so many times in the novel. There was a nother book writen before on similar topic that was the inspiration behind "The wench is dead". I understand there was some difference in interpretation of the proof and events between that author and Colin Dexter. This appears in the novel when Morse reads that book and gets interested in the case. In the tv version those two positions are both given, as an actual debate between the author and Morse.

• Livre passionant

  Bien écrit et histoire bien montée

• I loved this book

  I loved this book. Uniquely the author takes us into the past and we gain an insight into the lifestyle of the boatmen on the canals in the Victorian era. The flashbacks to the past really work and Morse is at his very best, albeit immobile in a hospital bed, at asking the pertinent question. You really begin to care that the truth is found, a truth which is beautifully unravelled. Dexter gives the reader clues throughout and up until the last page the reader is not left disappointed.

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