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The Jewel That Was Ours

The Jewel That Was Ours

CrimeMystery
Pages
241
Published
1991
Language
English

Synopsis

When a wealthy American tourist dies in her Oxford hotel room, a priceless Saxon artifact intended for the Ashmolean Museum vanishes. Detective Chief Inspector Morse and Sergeant Lewis must navigate a group of suspicious travelers and academic rivalries as a second body appears. The investigation uncovers a web of greed and long-held secrets hidden beneath the city's historic surface.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

IntellectualAtmospheric
Fish Out of Water

Genres

Crime Mystery

About the author

C
Colin Dexter

British author best known for the Inspector Morse mystery novels. Colin Dexter (born September 29, 1930, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England—died March 21, 2017, Oxford) was a British author who wrote 13 acclaimed mystery novels featuring the erudite and curmudgeonly Chief Inspector Morse; the novels inspired the popular British television series Inspector Morse (1987–2000) and two spin-off series. Dexter earned (1953) a bachelor’s degree and (1958) a master’s degree in classics from Christ’s Coll...

Characters

Endeavour MorseProtagonist
Robert LewisProtagonist
Laura StrattonSupporting
Dr. Theodore KempSupporting
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