Why a Booktrail?
2000s: The doddery old bachelor dons are being bumped off one by one…
The Riddle of the Third Mile
What you need to know before your trail
‘The thought suddenly occurred to Morse that this would be a marvellous time to murder a few of the doddery old bachelor dons. No wives to worry about their whereabouts; no landladies to whine about the unpaid rents. In fact nobody would miss most of them at all…’ By the 16th of July the Master of Lonsdale was concerned, but not yet worried. Dr Browne-Smith has passed through the porter’s lodge at approximately 8.15am on the morning of Friday, 11th July. And nobody had heard from him since. Plenty of time to disappear, thought Morse. And plenty of time, too, for someone to commit murder..
Travel Guide
Travel BookTrail style around Oxford
The Third Mile is a reference to a few things -Three of the staff are lured into a scheme…There are three books, three brothers fighting at El Alamein and three tutors at Lonsdale University. Lonsdale is fictional – In the TV series, Brasenose College was used as the fictional university.
The first chapter is a flashback to the Second World War and El Alamein. The scene then flits to Soho, London. Morse’s Oxford appears in chapter six.
Streetview Maps
A) Oxford - "Lonsdale" College
E) Oxford - Kidlington - The Boat Inn
Booktrail Boarding Pass: The Third Mile
Destination : Oxford, Kidlington Author/Guide: Colin Dexter
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