The Wench is Dead

“Traditional crime writing at its best; the kind of book without which no armchair is complete”Sunday Times, Sunday Times

“No one constructs a whodunit with more fiendish skill than Colin Dexter”The Guardian, The Guardian

“Dexter has created a giant among fictional detectives”The Times, The Times

“A character who will undoubtedly retain his place as one of the most popular and enduring of fictional detectives”P. D. James, Sunday Telegraph