Search
    Search FictionDB
      Tap cover to enlarge

      The Dead of Jericho

      by Colin Dexter
      Published
      Oct 1981
      Main Genre
      Police Procedural Police Procedural
      Rating
      Pages
      321
      Buy on Amazon Book
      Series
      An Inspector Morse Mystery Book 5

      About This Book

      He meets her at a suburban party. They share a flirtation over their red wine... and he doesn't see her again. It's the old familiar story for Morse. Then one clay he just happens to be in Jericho, where Anne Scott lives. Nobody's home--and Morse should know, since her door is unlocked and he takes a quick look inside. Only later does Morse learn that the lady was at home, just not alive. The jury's verdict at the inquest is death by suicide. But that doesn't sit right with Morse, and he embarks on his own investigation into the tangled private life of a lovely woman, all the while feeling his own remorse of what might have been....

      Series Placement

      Book 5
      🟡 Mostly Standalone
      View full series order

      Genres & Themes

      Genres

      Suspense

      Subgenres

      Law Enforcement Mystery Police Procedural Private Investigator

      Buy This Book

      Amazon Physical Book | Kindle
      Barnes & Noble Physical Book | Nook
      Bookshop.org Physical Book Apple Books eBook Google Play eBook Kobo eBook eBooks.com eBook Audible Audiobook

      Formats & Editions

      Browse the different covers, formats, and publication history for this title.

      Paperback

      Paperback edition cover
      Mass Market Paperback
      Jan 1997 Ivy ISBN13 9780804114868 ISBN10 0804114862
      Buy
      Paperback edition cover
      Paperback
      Mar 1983 Pan Books Ltd ISBN13 9780330266932 ISBN10 0330266934
      Buy
      Paperback edition cover
      Mass Market Paperback
      Jan 1988 Crimeline (Bantam) ISBN13 9780553272376 ISBN10 0553272373
      Buy
      Paperback edition cover
      Trade Paperback
      Jan 2008 Oxford University Press (UK) ISBN13 9780194792202 ISBN10 019479220X
      Buy
      Paperback edition cover
      Paperback
      Apr 2016 Pan Books (UK) ISBN13 9781447299202 ISBN10 1447299205
      Buy

      Hardcover

      Hardcover edition cover
      Hardcover
      First Edition Oct 1981 St. Martin's ISBN13 9780312185114 ISBN10 0312185111
      Buy

      eBook

      eBook edition cover
      eBook
      Feb 2007 MacMillan ISBN13 9781743033043 ISBN10 1743033044
      Buy
      eBook edition cover
      eBook
      Feb 2007 Pan ISBN13 9780330468701 ISBN10 0330468707
      Buy
      eBook edition cover
      eBook
      Sep 2008 Pan ISBN10 B003GK21Z8
      Buy

      Audio

      Audio edition cover
      Audio Cassette
      Jan 1996 Chivers Audio Books ISBN13 9780745158945 ISBN10 0745158943
      Buy
      Audio edition cover
      Audible
      Feb 2007 Pan Macmillan Publishers Ltd. ISBN10 B000N4S79E
      Buy
      Audio edition cover
      audible.com (abridged)
      Feb 2007 Pan Macmillan Publishers Ltd. ISBN10 B0036GRQXY
      Buy
      Audio edition cover
      Audible
      Aug 2007 Pan Macmillan Publishers Ltd. ISBN10 B01CXTJL0U
      Buy
      Audio edition cover
      Audible
      Oct 2017 Macmillan Digital Audio ISBN10 B074WBDNJH
      Buy
      Audio edition cover
      Audio CD
      May 2018 Pan Books (UK) ISBN13 9781509885077 ISBN10 1509885072
      Buy

      Large Print

      Large Print edition cover
      Hardcover
      Mar 1984 Ulverscroft Large Print ISBN13 9780708910986 ISBN10 070891098X
      Buy
      Large Print edition cover
      Audio Cassette
      Sep 1998 Chivers ISBN13 9780754075196 ISBN10 0754075192
      Buy