The Complete Inspector Morse by David Bishop

Author:David Bishop [Bishop, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780857689559
Publisher: Titan
Published: 2011-09-08T04:00:00+00:00

THE LAST ENEMY

‘The last enemy that shall be conquered is death.’ A headless corpse heralds a trio of murders as vendetta turns to violence in an Oxford college. Morse and Lewis have to pick up the pieces.

UK TX: 11 January 1989

SCREENPLAY: Peter Buckman, based on a story by Colin Dexter

DIRECTOR: James Scott

CAST: Barry Foster (Sir Alexander Reece), Michael Aldridge (Arthur Drysdale), Tenniel Evans (Dr David Kerridge), Beatie Edney (Deborah Burns), Sian Thomas (Carol Sharp), James Grout (Chief Superintendent Strange), Lana Morris (Miss Tree), Bert Parnaby (Ben), Mark Tandy (Collins), Pauline Munro (dentist), Albert Welling (Chris Stonely), Kevin McMonagle (Geoff), Michael Percival (landlord), Philip Bloomfield (Sam), Jill Johnson (Mrs Burns), Gertan Klauber (German man), Jackie Buchanan (German woman), Susannah Hitching (girl on boat), Nikki Brooks (young woman), Nathan Lewis (young man), Laura Sadler (Sabena)

STORYLINE: A young couple discover a corpse in a canal at Thrupp, near Oxford. Dr Russell says the corpse is a man in his sixties. The head has been hacked off, as have the arms below the elbows and the legs below the knees. A letter found on the corpse offers a few clues. Morse can make out the words ‘discuss appearing’ and ‘studios in Dockland’. Lewis thinks it could be an invitation to appear on a television programme. The note also mentions a club in Pall Mall. The corpse was dressed in a suit from a university tailor.

Morse is invited to lunch by the Master of Beaumont College, Sir Alexander Reece. A student called Deborah Burns storms out of Reece’s office. She is upset at being turned down for a research fellowship. The Master worries about the disappearance of his vice-master, Dr Kerridge. He asks Morse to make some discrete inquiries. The college has checked Kerridge’s cottage in Bayswater and his cottage at Thrupp. A young man phoned to say Kerridge was delayed.

Reece says there’s acrimony between Kerridge and Arthur Drysdale, another university man. Both were rivals for the Sheldon Lectureship, the university’s most prestigious post – Reece won through. Drysdale is dying of brain cancer. Drysdale is away, making a final visit to Rome, his favourite city. The Master wants the inspector to find Kerridge and prevent any scandal.

Kerridge visits a gentleman’s club in London to meet Chris Stonely. Stonely gets drunk and admits that he’s an out-of-work actor, not a TV producer. He was supposed to lure Kerridge to the Isle of Dogs, but felt attracted to him. It’s the second time he’s played the role. Stonely describes the man who asked him to perform the part. Kerridge believes it to be Drysdale.

Morse goes to London in search of Kerridge, visiting his Bayswater flat. A neighbour lends the inspector a key. She often gave the key to Kerridge’s guests, including a man only one week previously. Morse finds a sample of flesh on a chopping board in Kerridge’s kitchen.

The inspector bumps into Deborah in a London pub. She is waiting for Kerridge. Reece told her Kerridge voted against her getting the fellowship. Morse leaves to catch his train.

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