Colin Dexter — The Way Through the Woods
London, Macmillan, 1992. First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first printing of this Inspector Morse novel from Colin Dexter. The plot deals with the search for a beautiful young Swedish woman who went missing a year earlier. An anonymous riddle, in the form of a five-stanza poem, is sent to the police and the case is reopened. The police ask The Times for help with the poem. Morse and Sergeant Lewis are put in charge of the new investigation. In a cloth binding with original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, very smart. Very minor shelfwear to the boards. A couple of small marks to the dustwrapper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.