Colin Dexter

Last Bus to Woodstock

A whodunit puts Inspector Morse on the case of a tight-knit clique of Oxford academics who may be responsible for the murder of the first deaf member of a university examination board. Reprint.

The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn

The irascible Inspector Morse plumbs the connections between the stabbing death of Dr. Felix McClure of Wolsey College and three very different women. Reprint.

The Daughters of Cain

When an American tourist is found dead of a heart attack in the posh Randolph Hotel and an irreplaceable piece of ancient jewelry is missing, Inspector Morse begins an investigation

The Jewel that was Ours

After meeting the attractive Anne Scott at a suburban party, Morse is astonished when she is discovered dead sometime later and is unable to accept that she committed suicide. Reprint.

The Dead of Jericho

Inspector Morse is perplexed when a letter of reassurance arrives from young Valerie Taylor, missing for more than two years and presumed dead, in a case that takes a bizarre turn when a mysterious body turns up. Reprint.

Last Seen Wearing

While on a holiday in Dorset, Inspector Morse reads a poem in The Times filled with clues about the identity of the murderer of a young Swedish student. By the author of A Jewel That Was Ours. Reprint.

The Way Through the Woods

Once again Oxford becomes the scene of the crime as Inspector Morse investigates a baffling case involving a mysterious disappearance, an unidentified corpse, and a brutal murder. Reprint.

The Riddle of the Third Mile

A collection of short mysteries stars the clever Inspector Morse and pits him against such adversaries as the one-legged bomber Muldoon, a bizarre and murderous quartet of lovers, and artful dodgers who catch Morse with his pants down. Reprint.

Morse's Greatest Mystery and Other Stories

Service of All the Dead

"[MORSE IS] THE MOST PRICKLY, CONCEITED, AND GENUINELY BRILLIANT DETECTIVE SINCE HERCULE POIROT." --The New York Times Book Review This time Inspector Morse brings the imposition on himself. He could have been vacationing in Greece instead of investigating a murder that the police have long since written off. But he finds the crime--the brutal killing of a suburban churchwarden--fascinating. In fact, he uncovers not one murder but two, for the fatal fall of St. Frideswides vicar from the church tower Morse reckons to be murder as well. And as he digs into the lives and unsanctified lusts of the late vicar's erring flock, the list of the dead grows longer. Not even the oddly appealing woman he finds scrubbing the church floor can compensate Morse for the trouble he's let himself in for. So he has another pint, follows his hunches, and sets out to untangle the deadly business of homicide. . . . "A BRILLIANTLY PLOTTED DETECTIVE STORY." --Evening Standard (London) "WILY. . . ELEGANT." --Observer (London)

An unsolved murder case yields new clues that could implicate Inspector Morse even as he seeks to solve the case.

The Remorseful Day

In 1859 the body of Joanna Franks was found at Duke's Cut on the Oxford canal. In 1989 Inspector Morse is taken to Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital with a perforated ulcer. As Morse begins his recovery he comes across an account of the investigation of Joanna's death and subsequent murder trial.

The Wench is Dead

A crime novel featuring Chief Inspector Morse, in which Morse and his assistant Sergeant Lewis are called upon to investigate the murder of a young woman who was shot from close range through her kitchen window. After a visit to his doctor, Morse finds that he also has to deal with a crisis of his own.

Death is Now My Neighbour

Edward Hardwicke

Neighborly concern about a suspicious stranger sets a new puzzle for Colin Dexter's Inspector Morse. Dexter's detective is also a TV legend, immortalized by the late John Thaw.

The Burglar

"Morse was beset by a nagging feeling. Most of his fanciful notions about the Taylor girl had evaporated and he had begun to suspect that further investigation into Valerie's disappearance would involve little more than sober and tedious routine . . ." The statements before Inspector Morse appeared to confirm the bald, simple truth. After leaving home to return to school, teenager Valerie Taylor had completely vanished, and the trail had gone cold. Until two years, three months and two days after Valerie's disappearance, somebody decides to supply some surprising new evidence for the case . . .

Last Seen Wearing and Last Bus to Woodstock

L'ultima corsa per Woodstock

Kevin Whately

John Thaw

The Ghost in the Machine

Inspector Morse investigates the murder of a guest at a New Year's Eve costume party and finds that all of the suspects seem to have vanished

The Secret of Annexe 3

Hilary Waugh

After leaving home to return to school, teenager Valerie Taylor had completely vanished, and the trail had gone cold. Until two years, three months and two days after her disappearance, somebody decides to supply some surprising new evidence.

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