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The Wench Is Dead by Dexter, Colin is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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"That night he dreamed in Technicolor. He saw the ochre-skinned, scantily clad siren in her black, arrowed stockings. And in Morse's muddled computer of a mind, that siren took the name of one Joanna Franks . . ."The body of Joanna Franks was found at Duke's Cut on the Oxford Canal at about 5.30 a.m. on Wednesday, 22nd June 1859.At around 10.15 a.m. on a Saturday morning in 1989 the body of Chief Inspector Morse - though very much alive - was removed to Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital. Treatment for a perforated ulcer was later pronounced successful.As Morse begins his recovery he comes across an account of the investigation and the trial that followed Joanna Franks' death . . . and becomes convinced that the two men hanged for her murder were innocent . . .words : 51596

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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.

Author
Dexter, Colin
Publisher
Pan Publishing
Published
1989
Language
EN
ISBN
9780330450812
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Mystery, Fiction
Rating
4.1 / 5 (1,119 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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