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  • The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn

  • By: Colin Dexter
  • Narrated by: Kevin Whately
  • Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (75 ratings)

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The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn

By: Colin Dexter
Narrated by: Kevin Whately
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Publisher's summary

Morse had never ceased to wonder why, with the staggering advances in medical science, all pronouncements concerning times of death seemed so disconcertingly vague.

The murder of a deaf academic in his North Oxford home is the start of a formidably labyrinthine case for Chief Inspector Morse, as he tries to track down the killer through the insular and bitchy world of the Oxford colleges.

© Colin Dexter; (P) Macmillan Publishers Ltd

Critic reviews

"[Morse is] the most prickly, conceited, and genuinely brilliant detective since Hercule Poirot." (The New York Times Book Review)
"[Dexter] is a magician with character, story construction, and the English language....Colin Dexter and Morse are treasures of the genre." (Mystery News)
"It is a delight to watch this brilliant, quirky man deduce." (Minneapolis Star & Tribune)

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Performance reading by Kevin Whately was ok, even trying to mimic some of Morse’s gruff tone. Other characters seemingly getting lost in the reading. But I didn’t notice the abridged version until I purchased it. So, that’s a major disappointment for me.

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