title: The Secret of Annexe 3
author:  Colin Dexter 
description: In the British author's latest, his admirable Inspector Morse and Sergeant Lewis investigate a murder committed on New Year's Eve at a hotel in Oxford. Three couples are housed in the hotel annex, and one man, winner of the prize in the fancy-dress contest, is found dead in his room. The first problem facing Morse and Lewis is locating the other five guests, including the victim's wife, all of whom have fled, having registered under fake names and addresses. The irascible inspector needs patient Lewis's calming presence more than ever since the killers seem to have carried out a deep-laid and devious plot. They are so clever that the case challenges Morse's talent for spying each tree in a forest of tricks. Engrossed in the story that Dexter tells in his witty and stylish fashion, readers will savor the mystery of the masquerade and the detecting partners' ultimate triumph. <br />Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  ## Gossamer Wing
  
  
    
  
  
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  _( Steam and Seduction - 1 )_
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Delphine Dryden
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  **A Spy. An Airship. And a Broken Heart.**
  
  
  
  
  
  After losing her husband to a rogue French agent, Charlotte Moncrieffe wants
  to make her mark in international espionage. And what could be better for
  recovering secret long-lost documents from the Palais Garnier than her stealth
  dirigible, _Gossamer Wing_? Her spymaster father has one condition: He won’t
  send her to Paris without an ironclad cover.
  
  
  Dexter Hardison prefers inventing to politics, but his title as Makesmith
  Baron and his formidable skills make him an ideal husband-imposter for
  Charlotte. And the unorthodox undercover arrangement would help him in his own
  field of discovery.
  
  
  But from Charlotte and Dexter’s marriage of convenience comes a distraction—a
  passion that complicates an increasingly dangerous mission. For Charlotte,
  however, the thought of losing Dexter also ope