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The penultimate in the Inspector Morse series, Death is Now My Neighbor by Colin Dexter might have some foreshadowing for Morse’s last book.
Morse’s latest case might all hinge on the house numbers in a cul du sac.
Death is Now My Neighbor is the 12th in the Morse series and it doesn’t give away the fact that it is the second to last in the series too easily. I wonder if it was known, and if the final book will be clear, that the next book will be the last in the series? I really liked this installment bc it shows a closeness between Morse and Lewis that has been growing over the entire series in more of a stark light than earlier books. I also liked that the mystery in this book hinged on a small detail that only someone who thinks outside the box could see. That’s often how Morse solves his crimes, or at least knows that he can solve the crime. He often spots a small detail or oddity that no one else pays mind to, but not in a super obvious way that some mystery series do. Since Morse can be wrong (a lot), the reader is often not sure which small aside will become important. I would recommend this book to those who are reading all the Morse mysteries, those who like books about male relationships, and I would recommend this series to all those who want to read classic detective series.
What is a series that you have completed, or are on the last book of the series?
This book can be seen in my May Wrap Up.