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"DELIGHTFUL."
—The Wall Street Journal
In short mysteries so brilliantly plotted they'll confound the cleverest of souls, Inspector Morse remains as patient as a cat at a mouse hole in the face of even the most resourceful evildoers. Muldoon, for instance, the one-legged bomber with one fatal weakness . . . the quartet of lovers whose bizarre entanglements Morse deciphers only after a beautiful woman is murdered . . . and those artful...
—The Wall Street Journal
In short mysteries so brilliantly plotted they'll confound the cleverest of souls, Inspector Morse remains as patient as a cat at a mouse hole in the face of even the most resourceful evildoers. Muldoon, for instance, the one-legged bomber with one fatal weakness . . . the quartet of lovers whose bizarre entanglements Morse deciphers only after a beautiful woman is murdered . . . and those artful...
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"The year is 2021, and the human race is - quite literally - coming to an end. Since 1995 no babies have been born, because in that year all males unexpectedly became infertile. Great Britain is ruled by a dictator, and the population is inexorably growing older. Theodore Faron, Oxford historian and, incidentally, cousin of the all-powerful Warden of England, watches in growing despair as society gradually crumbles around him, giving way to strange...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 16
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Now in her twilight years, Alice Liddell looks back on a remarkable life. From a pampered childhood in Oxford to difficult years as a widowed mother, Alice examines how she became who she is--and how she became immortalized as Alice in Wonderland.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
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910L
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"When a witch's dæmon crashes onto the roof of Jordan College, Lyra and her dæmon, Pan, are eager to help. But as this unlikely trio scours the winding streets of Oxford in search of a famed alchemist, their journey takes a deadly turn..."--
8) Gaudy night
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Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries volume 10
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 26
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870L
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"Harriet Vane's Oxford reunion is shadowed by a rash of bizarre pranks and malicious mischief that include beautifully worded death threats, burnt effigies, and vicious poison-pen letters, and Harriet finds herself and Lord Peter Wimsey challenged by an elusive set of clues."--from NoveList.
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Inspector Morse mysteries volume 4
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Service of All the Dead is the fourth novel in Colin Dexter's Oxford-set detective series.
The sweet countenance of Reason greeted Morse serenely when he woke, and told him that it would be no bad idea to have a quiet look at the problem itself before galloping off to a solution.
Chief Inspector Morse was alone among the congregation in suspecting continued unrest in the quiet parish of St Frideswide's.
Most people could still remember the churchwarden's...
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Shakespeare mysteries volume 02
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IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
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680L
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Thirteen-year-old Colophon Letterford and her cousin Julian continue their quest to uncover their family's treasure as new clues lead them to Oxford, England, seeking to unravel a connection to Christopher Marlowe.
13) A fatal night
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Ryder and Loveday mystery volume 7
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2021.
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As a snowstorm rages outside, Oxford high society gathers to ring in the new year at the citys most exclusive party. This is a soiree no one will forget not least because a guest is found dead in his car the next morning. It seems the young man tragically froze to death overnight after crashing into a snowdrift, but when WPC Trudy Loveday and coroner Clement Ryder are called in to investigate, they discover a tangled web of secrets that plainly points...
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"Where did Narnia come from?" The answer will change everything. Megs Devonshire is brilliant with numbers and equations, on a scholarship at Oxford, and dreams of solving the greatest mysteries of physics. She prefers the dependability of facts--except for one: the younger brother she loves with all her heart doesn't have long to live. When George becomes captivated by a brand-new book called The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and begs her to find...
16) The murder list
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When Mary receives a blank diary as a present, she thinks nothing of it. Until she opens the diary, and sees it's not blank after all. 1st January, Murder Lisa, Oxford. 1st February, Murder Jane, Birmingham. 1st March, Murder David, Cardiff. 1st April, Murder Mary, Cheltenham. Is this a sick joke? But... it's the end of January now. And a woman called Lisa was murdered in Oxford on 1st January. Could there really be a killer out there, planning to...
17) The inheritance
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A famed Oxford historian is found dead in his study one night, all evidence pointing to his son, Stephen, who was about to be disinherited from the family fortune. When Stephen's fingerprints are found on the murder weapon, his guilt seems undeniable--but then the revelation that the deceased man was involved in a deadly hunt for a priceless relic in Northern France at the end of World War II lends credence to Stephen's innocence.
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Hilary Tamar mystery volume 01
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Young London barrister Julia Larwood temporarily escapes her tax troubles on an art lover's holiday to Italy--during which she hopes for a dalliance with one of her trip mates--but ends up charged with murder.
19) Death in print
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Jason Verdoodt had it all: acclaim, a plethora of woman, and a bestselling book. But during a celebration of his success, the author is found dead. A tragic accident it is thought.but St. Just thinks otherwise. His investigation takes him down the winding streets of Oxford, hampered at every turn by suspects who all have something to hide.
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Inspector Morse mysteries volume 2
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Last Seen Wearing is the second Inspector Morse novel in Colin Dexter's Oxford-set detective series.
Morse was beset by a nagging feeling. Most of his fanciful notions about the Taylor girl had evaporated and he had begun to suspect that further investigation into Valerie's disappearance would involve little more than sober and tedious routine...
After leaving home to return to school, teenager Valerie Taylor had completely vanished, and the trail...
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