The Jewel That Was Ours

Name: The Jewel That Was Ours
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Colin Dexter
ISBN: 9781470835057

Author: Colin Dexter

Narrator: Frederick Davidson

Unabridged: 8 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Published: 02/14/2014

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective

Synopsis

The case seems so simple that Inspector Morse deems it beneath his notice. A wealthy, elderly American tourist has a heart attack in her room at Oxfords luxurious Randolph Hotel. Missing from the scene is the ladys 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 thinkingand drinkingin the hotels bar, certain the solution is close at hand, until conflicting stories, suspicious doings, and a real murder convince him otherwise.

About Colin Dexter

Colin Dexter lives in Oxford. He has won many Crime Writers’ Association awards for his novels and in 1997 was presented with the Cartier Diamond Dagger for outstanding services to crime literature. His story “Evans Tries an O-Level” won the 1996 Macavity Award for Best Short Story.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bionic Jean on February 27, 2025

A unique episode in the "Inspector Morse" canon The Jewel That Was Oursstarted out as an episode for television written by Julian Mitchell, entitled "The Wolvercote Tongue." "Inspector Morse" was a very popular TV series starring John Thaw as Morse and Kevin Whately as Lewis, who by the time of thi......more

Goodreads review by James on August 31, 2016

When a group of wealthy Americans appears in Oxford on a guided tour, one of the women in the tour is on a special mission. A rare and historically valuable jewel had come into the possession of her late husband. It was his wish that that the jewel be donated to a museum in Oxford and, in the compan......more

Goodreads review by Baba on May 25, 2020

Inspector Morse mystery No. 9 ...and the finest so far, in my humble opinion! This is an Agatha Christie-esque murder mystery paced to perfection. A package tour of mostly elderly Americans is disrupted by thievery and possible murders (plural)… and Morse! 8 out of 12......more

Goodreads review by Hemavathy on November 27, 2018

Inspector Morse has an unusual obsession with pornography and humiliating women sexually. If he is to be believed, every man in Oxford is a sex addict, secretly fantasising of illicit affairs and sexual fetishes; and there are blue movie theatres in every street corner. This is my third Morse book,......more

Goodreads review by Ms.pegasus on December 15, 2017

Clues, hypotheses, even establishing just which crime has been committed overwhelm the hapless reader in this Inspector Morse mystery. The structure is reminiscent of an Agatha Christie whodunit, but with infinitely more complications and of course the atmospheric tone of the historic university tow......more