Last bus to Woodstock, by Colin Dexter

 

I've been watching the Inspector Morse prequel Endeavor on Prime, and was hoping to watch Inspector Morse as well; however, I can't do so without yet another streaming service, so I decided to go to the source and read all the books instead. This is the first one in the series and is a lot of fun. It's pretty dated, having been published in 1975; for example, Morse asks another character what he thinks of women's lib. There are a lot of false leads and twists and turns, but the characters are interesting and funny. I'm definitely going to keep on with the series.