The Dead of Jericho

The Dead of Jericho is a book in the Inspector Morse mystery series by Colin Dexter. I have seen the tv series, but this is the only one of the books I've read. I am pleased at how well the tv series got the tone of the book.

from the back of the book:

What does a neighbor see?

The rain wash?

A key tell?

THE DEAD OF JERICHO

Anne Scott hangs from her kitchen ceiling, an apparent suicide. A troubling case for Chief Inspector Morse, taxing even his prodigious powers of deduction, tangling his own emotions and loyalties. A drug overdose, blackmail, marital infidelity, adolescent lust and brotherly love - all behind the walls of the tranquil village of Jericho.

Chief Inspector Morse, Homicide Division, Oxford: A lonely middle-aged bachelor with a taste for Mozart and T.S. Eliot, pints of bitter - and an obsession with attractive women. As coarse as he is cunning, at times insufferable, relentlessly inquisitive.

This is the first 3 minutes of the tv episode based on this book:


It can't be called a strictly faithful adaptation.