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A review by hayesstw
Death is Now My Neighbour by Colin Dexter
4.0
Second time of reading, but as the last time of reading was over 20 years ago I had dorgotten most of the plot. It was shown on TV a couple of nights ago, but after 9 pm the picture seems to freeze a lot, and so we missed large chunks of it, so I read the book to see what happened.
I've always enjoyed the Inspector Morse series, which seem to be among the better whodunits, but there seemed to be an odd slip in this one -- one of the murder victims is said to have died instantly on being shot in the chest, and yet there are descriptions of blood everywhere. I thought that if someone died instantly, their heart would have stopped beating and there would be very little bleeding.
In some ways the film version seemed better -- what we were able to see if it, anyway, Much of the plot turns on academic rivalries in an Oxford college, and the scheming and back stabbing in sharp contrast with academic and church processions.
I've always enjoyed the Inspector Morse series, which seem to be among the better whodunits, but there seemed to be an odd slip in this one -- one of the murder victims is said to have died instantly on being shot in the chest, and yet there are descriptions of blood everywhere. I thought that if someone died instantly, their heart would have stopped beating and there would be very little bleeding.
In some ways the film version seemed better -- what we were able to see if it, anyway, Much of the plot turns on academic rivalries in an Oxford college, and the scheming and back stabbing in sharp contrast with academic and church processions.