<p><b>Winner of the CWA Silver Dagger Award, <i>The Dead of Jericho</i> is the fifth novel in Colin Dexter's Oxford-set Inspector Morse series.</b><br><br><i>Morse switched on the gramophone to 'play', and sought to switch his mind away from all the terrestrial troubles. Sometimes, this way, he almost managed to forget. But not tonight . . .</i><br><br>Anne Scott's address was scribbled on a crumpled note in the pocket of Morse's smartest suit. As he turned the corner of Canal Street, Jericho, on the afternoon of Wednesday, 3rd October, he hadn't planned a second visit. But he was back later the same day – as the officer in charge of her suicide investigation.<br><br>Following another local death, Morse is not convinced of Anna’s suspected suicide and begins the search for answers. . .<br><br><b><i>The Dead of Jericho</i> is followed by
