<p><b><i>The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn</i> is the third novel in Colin Dexter's Oxford-set detective series.</b><br><br><i>Morse had never ceased to wonder why, with the staggering advances in medical science, all pronouncements concerning times of death seemed so disconcertingly vague.</i><br><br>When the newly-appointed and gifted member of the Oxford Examinations Syndicate is murdered in his north Oxford home, so starts a formidably complicated homicide case for Chief Inspector Morse.<br><br>For tracking down the killer will involve navigating the insular and labyrinthine world of Oxford colleges . . . <br><br><br><i>The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn</i> is followed by the fourth Inspector Morse book, <i>Service of All the Dead</i>.</p>
