The Wench Is Dead
- Authors: Colin Dexter
- Series: Book 8 in the Inspector Morse series
- Genres: Mystery
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- Rating: 4.1 based on 1,404 reviews
- Release Date: January 1, 1990
- Print length: 200 pages (Hardcover)
About the book
While recovering in hospital, Inspector Morse comes across an account of the investigation into a murder from 1849, a crime for which two people were hanged. When he is discharged he can prove that they were convicted wrongly.