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Violence
Some
A murder; the investigation involves financial corruption and personal affairs
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Some
Some sexual content — affairs among the suspects
Substance Use
Some
Morse's significant pub-going; beer is a constant companion
Emotional Intensity
Some
The puzzle of a deaf man murdered because of what he may have lipread; the closed-world atmosphere of a small academic institution with shared secrets
What this book is about
Nicholas Quinn — a newly appointed examiner for the Oxford Examination Syndicate, deaf since childhood — is found dead in his home. Inspector Morse investigates the closed world of the Syndicate: a small group of academics with power over international examinations and, as Morse discovers, reasons to be afraid of what Quinn may have overheard. Colin Dexter's third Morse novel is one of his most tightly plotted, using Quinn's deafness both as a motive mechanism and as a way of examining what people say when they think they aren't being heard.
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third of the Inspector Morse series
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