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      The Jewel That Was Ours

      by Colin Dexter
      Published
      Jan 1991
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      Law Enforcement Law Enforcement
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      256
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      An Inspector Morse Mystery Book 9

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      The case seems so simple, Inspector Morse deems 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....

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      Book 9
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      Law Enforcement Mystery Private Investigator

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