The Remorseful Day is the thirteenth and final novel in Colin Dexter's Oxford-set detective series.

'Where does this all leave us, sir?'
'Things are moving fast.'
'We're getting near the end, you mean?'
'We were always near the end.'

The murder of Yvonne Harrison had left Thames Valley CID baffled. A year after the dreadful crime they are still no nearer to making an arrest. But one man has yet to tackle the case - and it is just the sort of puzzle at which Chief Inspector Morse excels.

So why is he adamant that he will not lead the re-investigation, despite the entreaties of Chief Superintendent Strange and dark hints of some new evidence? And why, if he refuses to take on the case officially, does he seem to be carrying out his own private enquiries?

For Sergeant Lewis this is yet another example of the unsettling behaviour his chief has been displaying of late . . .

The very last Inspector Morse novel . . . how will Morse bid his final farewell?

About the Author
Colin Dexter graduated from Cambridge University in 1953 and moved to Oxford in 1966, where he lived until his death in 2017. His first novel, Last Bus to Woodstock, was published in 1975. There are now thirteen novels in the series, of which The Remorseful Day is, sadly, the last. He won many awards for his novels, including the CWA Silver Dagger twice, and the CWA Gold Dagger for The Wench is Dead and The Way Through the Woods. In 1997 he was presented with the CWA Diamond Dagger for outstanding services to crime literature, and in 2000 was awarded the OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List. The Inspector Morse novels have been adapted for the small screen with huge success by Carlton/Central Television, starring John Thaw and Kevin Whately. Spin-offs from Dexter's much-loved novels also include the popular series, Lewis, featuring Morse's former sergeant, Robbie Lewis, and Endeavour, a prequel starring the young Endeavour Morse.

Reviews
Traditional crime writing at its best; the kind of book without which no armchair is complete * The Sunday Times *
No one constructs a whodunit with more fiendish skill than Colin Dexter * The Guardian *
Dexter has created a giant among fictional detectives * The Times *
A character who will undoubtedly retain his place as one of the most popular and enduring of fictional detectives -- P. D. James, The Sunday Telegraph
The writing is highly intelligent, the atmosphere melancholy, the effect haunting * The Daily Telegraph *
The triumph is the character of Morse * Times Literary Supplement *
Colin Dexter's superior crime-craft is enough to make lesser practitioners sick with envy * The Oxford Times *
[Morse is] the most prickly, conceited and genuinely brilliant detective since Hercule Poirot * The New York Times Book Review *



Book Information
ISBN 9781035005406
Author Colin Dexter
Format Paperback
Page Count 464
Imprint Pan Books
Publisher Pan Macmillan
Weight(grams) 320g
Dimensions(mm) 197mm * 129mm * 28mm