Synopsis
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 at 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.
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“Colin Dexter’s superior crime-craft is enough to make lesser practitioners sick with envy”
“A character who will undoubtedly retain his place as one of the most popular and enduring of fictional detectives”P. D. James, Sunday Telegraph
“Traditional crime writing at its best; the kind of book without which no armchair is complete”Sunday Times, Sunday Times
“Dexter has created a giant among fictional detectives”The Times, The Times
