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I liked this book very much. It means a lot to me to be able to identify with the personality of the detective and see him as human and to have the other characters have real personalities. I've not read an Insp. Morse mystery before but will now read all the others. I've read so many mysteries that I can usually figure out who "done it" somewhere along the line but this ending really blindsided me as I'm sure it did every other reader. Really a very good book, well written, well drawn characters. When find myself thinking about a book several days after I finished it and thinking that I'll read it again to see if I missed anything then it's a good sign that this is a good writer.


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Last Bus to Woodstock Inspector Morse Colin Dexter 9780804114905 Books Reviews

I’ve always watched the PBS series, but this is the first Morse book I’ve read.
A good first Morse book.
Dexter is a master at weaving an intricate plot - one which the reader will never predict. It’s a marvelous read!
I'm glad I read this book; however after watching the Inspector Morse series on TV, I found the early Morse and Lewis characters in this book less attractive than those depicted in the later TV programs.
This novel gets off to a suspenseful start. It is beautifully, thoughtfully and cleverly written--no question. However, you need to pay attention or you might get lost along the way. Characters are at times reintroduced with no reminder as to who they are. You might get the Bakers and Palmers in the story confused, or just have forgotten who they are. The denouement was quite intricate and threatened to give me a headache, I was trying so hard to follow the thread and make sure I had picked up on everything. And, finally, the propensity of young girls to fall for middle-aged men in this book is amusing (a wishful-thinking trait endemic to many male written mysteries). These are the only reasons I did not give LAST BUS TO WOODSTOCK five stars; it is just this side of brilliant, and Colin Dexter's depiction of Sergeant Lewis, in particular, is truly masterful.
Last Bus to Woodstock is a fine novel in the police procedural genre of detective fiction. The book was first published in London in 1975. The novel has a good plot, fascinating characters and will keep you turning the pages until the end! The novel is the first in the series featuring the brilliant and quirky Inspector Morse of the Thames Valley Police Department. The beat is in Oxford and its local villages. Throughout the novel we begin to care for Morse. He is a middle aged Oxford graduate who is single and loves beautiful women. Morse is adept at crossword puzzles and clues; tippling at the local pub and listening on a rainy afternoon to a segment of Richard Wagner's immense Ring Cycle. The novel also introduces us to Sergeant Lewis who will feature in all the Morse books. PBS has made Colin Dexter a rich man! Dexter is witty and wise to the ways of the world. Colin Dexter quotes from literary sources but writes in an easy to read style which draws the reader into the story. Dexter is also a master of snappy dialogue moving the story on until its surprising and poignant denoument.
The Plot Two young ladies are waiting for a bus to Woodstock which is a town close to Oxford. One of them whose name is Sylvia Kaye is found later to have been brutally murdered and raped. Morse and Lewis are called upon to solve the crime. During the course of the investigation, Morse falls in love with a friend of Sylvia's.
If you want to peruse the best in British crime writing this is a good place to begin your journey with the inimitable Messrs Morse and Lewis!
Figuring that his multi-book series meant it was popular and good, I started with Last Bus to Woodstock -- and I'm ending with Last Bus to Woodstock. This was a terrible book! The detective (whose first name isn't given until once at the end, for some unfathomable reason) is an idiot throughout the book, but at the end somehow comes up with the wisdom to solve the mystery in just a few pages using information we haven't been given, so the author is not playing fair with the reader. The characters are shallow and cardboard; not a one is likable or even believable. The book started out okay and by the middle had deteriorated so I had to push myself to finish it. The solution was so convoluted it was hard to follow and involved some characters we barely knew. Not recommended.
I liked this book very much. It means a lot to me to be able to identify with the personality of the detective and see him as human and to have the other characters have real personalities. I've not read an Insp. Morse mystery before but will now read all the others. I've read so many mysteries that I can usually figure out who "done it" somewhere along the line but this ending really blindsided me as I'm sure it did every other reader. Really a very good book, well written, well drawn characters. When find myself thinking about a book several days after I finished it and thinking that I'll read it again to see if I missed anything then it's a good sign that this is a good writer.