Last Seen Wearing / Last Bus to Woodstock(2002)

Colin Dexter

LAST SEEN WEARING
'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...'

The Statements before Inspector Morse appeared to confirm the bald, simple truth.

After leaving home to return to school, teenager Valerie Taylor had completely vanished, and the trail had gone cold.

Until two years, three months, and two days after Valerie's disappearance, somebody decides to supply some surprising new evidence for the case...

LAST BUS TO WOODSTOCK
'"Do you think I'm wasting your time, Lewis?"
Lewis was nobody's fool and was a man of some honesty and integrity. "Yes, sir."
An engaging smile crept across Morse's mouth. He thought they would get on well together...'

The death of Sylvia Kaye figured dramatically in Thursday afternoon's edition of the Oxford Mail.

By Friday evening, Inspector Morse had informed the nation that the police were looking for a dangerous man - facing charges of wilful murder, sexual assault, and rape.

But, as the obvious leads fade into twilight and darkness, Morse becomes more and more convinced that passion holds the key...