The Wench Is Dead.

COLIN DEXTER

Publication: Macmillan, 1989, London

First edition. Eighth book in the series. As new, unread copy in dust jacket. Gold Dagger Award Winner for Best Crime Novel of 1989. Inked gift inscription on the title page: "For -- & -- / with my best wishes to you both / Colin Dexter / Bouchercon '90." Inspector Morse to investigate the long-forgotten murder of a young woman in 1859. While he recovers from an ulcer attack, cantankerous Inspector Morse uses the services of Christine Greenaway, an attractive librarian, to do his historical research in order to correct a miscarriage of justice in a murder case dating from 1859. As he studies the details, Morse becomes convinced that the men convicted and hanged for her murder were innocent.

Inventory Number: 53244