September 2022 – Page 3

The 20 Books of Summer annual event, hosted by Cathy at 746 Books came to an end yesterday. I actually read just 10 of the 20 books I listed (I did swap some of the original list!) and still have 3 of the books to review. And over the summer I read a further 10 books – just not books that I’d originally listed! I’m not too good at sticking to reading lists.

These are my 10 Books of Summer

The Awakening by Kate Chopin
In Too Deep by Bea Davenport
The Riddle of the Third Mile by Colin Dexter
The Night Hawks by Elly Griffiths
A Tapping at My Door by David Jackson
Death in Berlin by M M Kaye
True Crime Story by Joseph Knox
The Hiding Place by Simon Lelic
A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute
The Key in the Lock by Beth Underdown

Joint favourites are The Riddle of the Third Mile and The Hiding Place!

Today I’m looking back at my post on The Remorseful Day by Colin Dexter, the last Inspector Morse book. I first reviewed it on August 2, 2015.

My review begins:

Chief Inspector Morse is one of my favourite fictional detectives (maybe even the favourite). I first ‘met’ him years ago in the ITV series Inspector Morse and so, just as Joan Hickson is forever in my mind as Miss Marple and David Suchet is Poirot, John Thaw is Morse. The series was first broadcast in 1987, but I don’t intend to write about the books versus the TV adaptations – I’ve enjoyed both. This post is just about the last book in the series – The Remorseful Day.