The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn

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"Morse is the most prickly conceited and genuinely brilliant detective since Hercule Poirot." --The New York Times Book Review Nicholas Quinn is deaf so he considers himself lucky to be appointed to the Foreign Examinations Board at Oxford which designs tests for students of English around the world. But when someone slips cyanide into Nicholass sherry Inspector Morse has a multiple-choice murder. Any one of a tight little group of academics could have killed Quinn. Before Morse is done all their dirty little secrets will be exposed. And a murderer will be cramming for his finals. . . . "Dexter is a magician with character story construction and the English language. . . . Colin Dexter and Morse are treasures of the genre." --Mystery News "It is a delight to watch this brilliant quirky man Morse deduce." --Minneapolis Star & Tribune