The Dead of Jericho

by Clare West (Retold by), Colin Dexter

Chief Inspector Morse is drinking a pint of beer. He is thinking about an attractive woman who lives not far away. The woman he is thinking of is hanging, dead, from the ceiling of her kitchen. On the floor lies a chair, almost two metres away from the woman's feet. Chief Inspector Morse finishes his pint, and orders another. Perhaps he will visit Anne, after all. But he is in no particular hurry. Meanwhile, Anne is still hanging in her kitchen, waiting for the police to come and cut her down. She is in no hurry, either.

128 pages, Paperback

About the author

Clare West has over twenty years' TEFL classroom experience in the UK and overseas, and has led workshops for teachers in Switzerland, the Netherlands, Greece, and Argentina. For most of her teaching career she was involved with long-stay students on Cambridge examination courses, and engaged in the development of strategies to improve students' reading and writing skills.

She is now a freelance author, with a special interest in the literary and cultural aspects of language learning. Current writing projects include contributing to the Oxford Bookworms Library and Dominoes series, writing supplementary materials such as grammar workbooks, as well as being the Series Editor for the Oxford Bookworms Playscripts series.

Reviews

[AlexMF6 · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ya he empezado el libro con pocas ganas porque ni lo compré yo, ni es un género que me llame mucho. Quería algo cortito para desconectar de Sanderson y tenía este pendiente, la verdad es que tremendo coñazo, quizás porque es una adaptación, a lo mejor el original está bien. La cosa es que la resolución del crimen tampoco me ha parecido interesante. Por suerte, ha sido un libro corto. [3/10]

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I have already started the book with little interest because I didn't buy it, nor is it a genre that appeals to me much. I wanted something short to disconnect from Sanderson and I had this pending, the truth is that it's very boring, maybe because it's an adaptation, maybe the original is fine. The thing is that the resolution of the crime didn't seem interesting to me either. Luckily, it was a short book. [3/10]

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Ja he començat el llibre amb poques ganes perquè ni el vaig comprar jo, ni és un gènere que em digui gran cosa. Volia un una mica curtet per desconnectar de Sanderson i tenia aquest pendent, la veritat és que és un conyàs, potser perquè és una adaptació, potser l'original està bé. La cosa és que la resolució del crim tampoc m'ha semblat interessant. Per sort, ha estat un llibre curt. [3/10]

[Yui · Rating 3 out of 5]

-OXFORD BOOKWORMS LIBRARY. Stage 5
-TIME total = 195min. 10/9 = 50min. 10/10 = 53min. 10/11 = 53min. 10/12 = 39min.
-7 word summary: death, suicide, investigate, blackmail, affair, pregnant, brother
-Discussion Questions:
1. Have you ever felt lonely and thought you wanted to suicide?......I have thought I were alnone in the world, but I have good family and friend so I have never thought I wanted to soicide thanks to them.
2. Do you have a good partner that you can believe?......Yes, I have a great partner that I can seek her advice about my personal affairs.


It was little difficult for me to read smoothly, but I really like this author so I could have enjoyed reading to the last page. However, I rated this book as 3 stars, because this story was very sad and painful. Through reading this book, I consider how to dissuade a person from suicide. I think people who want to suicide need expression of love and confidants.

[Namiko]

I found this book easy to read after three books, which are not abridged or simplified. The plot entertained me on peaceful New Year's holidays. However it is not clear for me to understand why the woman had to die.

[Leila Mota · Rating 3 out of 5]

Não se trata aqui da versão completa do autor (os livros da série que acompanha o Inspetor Morse são muito bons, sob todos os aspectos, escrita, trama, personagens, ambientação, e geraram uma série televisiva também muito boa). É uma adaptação voltada, imagino, para estudantes de nível intermediário da língua inglesa. Um tanto decepcionante nesse formato, mas é difícil encontrar os livros (procurei os usados, porque os novos estão muito caros) no Brasil, talvez por não serem "famosos". Enfim. A história é boa, interessante, dentro do gênero, e os personagens bem intrigantes. Mas acho que há personagem demais pra caber em apenas 100 páginas. Dá pra descobrir o que se passa mais ou menos? Sim. Isso é possível até num resumo da Wikipedia. Mas se perde o processo, e os detalhes que nos permitem seguir razoavelmente o raciocínio do detetive, e essa é a premissa básica desse gênero: o autor vai dando as pistas e o leitor se esforça para tentar adivinhar quem é o culpado do crime. Pode até ser útil para estudantes (se é que algum estudante ainda lê), e consegue entreter quem quer uma leitura light/rápida (às vezes é só o que se quer), mas o apreciador acaba se sentindo um pouco lesado.

[Rita · Rating 5 out of 5]

this book is easily one of the best books I have read so far this year. it has the perfect amount of thrill, mystery, plot twists, and humor. while it was confusing at times, I still enjoyed it very much and look forward to reading it again

[Elies · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's fine.

[Margaretta · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Dead of Jericho is a criminal novel written by Colin Dexter. It is happening in London, specifically in part of Jericho, somewhen in 20th century.

One evening, Chief Inspector Morse go to a pub and meets a woman, Ann, there and he falls in 'love' with her. After some talk, she gives him her address and he promises to visit her. After some months he finally finds courage to go meet her in her house in Jericho, but sadly no one is opening. Before he desperately leaves, he sees some suspicious things happening around. At evening, when he go drink again, he gets a call from police station about a crime taken place in Jericho. With bad suspicion he slowly walks there and hears that Ann hanged herself. At first it seems like suicide but after it is looked deeper in, it is inkling to a murder. Especially when other people get died too.

I liked this book because the story was absorbing and breath-taking. First few chapters were really confusing because of the characters in the book. In my opinion the first part was written unclearly and lifelessly. However, after some chapters the excitement of story started to grow and made it nearly beyond the bounds of possibility for me to put the book away for at least a little while.

[Hamzh]

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[Alicia. · Rating 4 out of 5]

4/5
Para ser una adaptación muy entretenido.