Colin Dexter: The Secret of Annexe 3 (UK 2024)

From the Publisher:
The Secret of Annexe 3 is the seventh novel in the Oxford-set detective series from Colin Dexter. As portrayed by John Thaw in ITV's Inspector Morse.

Morse sought to hide his disappointment. So many people in the Haworth Hotel that fateful evening had been wearing some sort of disguise... hange of dress, a change of make-up, a change of partner, a change of attitude, a change of life almost; and the man who had died had been the most consummate artist of them all...

Chief Inspector Morse seldom allowed himself to be caught up in New Year celebrations. So the murder inquiry in the festive hotel had a certain appeal - it was a crime worthy of the season.

With the corpse still in fancy dress - albeit bloodsoaked - and hardly a single guest at the Hadworth hotel having checked in under their real name, Morse is faced with his toughest mystery yet.

The Secret of Annexe 3 is followed by the eighth Inspector Morse book, The Wench is Dead.

Colin Dexter: The Secret of Annexe 3. Pan, ISBN: 9781035005420 (May, 2024), 320 p., £10.99.

Colin Dexter: The Secret of Annexe 3 (UK 2016)

From the Publisher:
The Secret of Annexe 3 is the seventh novel in Colin Dexter's Oxford-set detective series.
Morse sought to hide his disappointment. So many people in the Haworth Hotel that fateful evening had been wearing some sort of disguise - a change of dress, a change of make-up, a change of partner, a change of attitude, a change of life almost; and the man who had died had been the most consummate artist of them all...

Chief Inspector Morse seldom allowed himself to be caught up in New Year celebrations. So the murder inquiry in the festive hotel had a certain appeal.

It was a crime worthy of the season.

The corpse was still in fancy dress. And hardly a single guest at the Haworth had registered under a genuine name...

The Secret of Annexe 3 is followed by the eighth Inspector Morse book, The Wench is Dead.

Colin Dexter: The Secret of Annexe 3. Pan, ISBN: 9781447299226 (April, 2016), 301 p., £8.99.

Colin Dexter: The Secret of Annexe 3 (UK 2007)

From the Publisher:
Morse sought to hide his disappointment. So many people in the Haworth Hotel that fateful evening had been wearing some sort of disguise - a change of dress, a change of make-up, a change of partner, a change of attitude, a change of life almost; and the man who had died had been the most consummate artist of them all...

Chief Inspector Morse seldom allowed himself to be caught up in New Year celebrations. So the murder inquiry in the festive hotel had a certain appeal. It was a crime worthy of the season. The corpse was still in fancy dress. And hardly a single guest at the Haworth had registered under a genuine name...

Colin Dexter: The Secret of Annexe 3. An Inspector Morse Mystery. Pan, ISBN: 0330451286 (May, 2007), 301 p., £6.99.

Colin Dexter: The Secret of Annexe 3 (USA 1998)

From the Publisher:
Much too early on New Year's Day, a grumpy Inspector Morse is summoned to investigate a murder at the Haworth Hotel. The victim is still wearing the Rastafarian costume that won him first prize at the hotel's New Year's Eve party; his female companion and the other guests in the annexe have vanished. It's a mystery that's a stretch even for Morse. But with pit-bull fervor he grabs the truth by the throat and shakes loose the bizarre secrets of a cold-blooded crime of passion...

Colin Dexter: The Secret of Annexe 3. Ivy Books, ISBN: 0804114897 (February, 1998), 285 p., $6.99.