The Remorseful Day
Cover of the first edition
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| Author | Colin Dexter |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Series | Inspector Morse series, #13 |
| Genre | crime novel |
| Publisher | Macmillan |
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Publication date
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15 September 1999 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 384p. |
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| OCLC | 319809285 |
| Preceded by | Death is Now My Neighbour |
The Remorseful Day is a crime novel by Colin Dexter, the last novel in the Inspector Morse series.
The title derives from a line in the poem "XVI – (How clear, how lovely bright)", from More Poems, by A. E. Housman, a favourite poet of Dexter and Morse:
Morse tries to solve the unsolved murder of Yvonne Harrison, as his health deteriorates.
Harrison, a nurse, has inspired romantic attachment in Morse during an earlier (and separate) illness, and he has written to her about it. She is a sharer of her favors; recipients, including her daughter's lover, are serially suspect.
His superintendent has found Morse's letter among crime-scene evidence but has sequestered it.
Morse dies of acute myocardial infarction; his last words are "Thank Lewis for me."
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