Colin Dexter

Colin Dexter

6 Series

Colin Dexter is an English author renowned for his crime fiction series featuring Inspector Morse. He began writing during a rainy family holiday in North Wales. Prior to his success as an author, Dexter worked as a teacher and secretary at Oxford.

Colin Dexter introduced the world to Inspector Morse in 1975 with "Last Bus to Woodstock." The series follows Morse, a brilliant but unconventional detective, as he solves complex murder cases in Oxford. Key novels include "The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn," where Morse investigates a murder at a school for the deaf, and "The Wench is Dead," which sees Morse solving a century-old murder from his hospital bed. Each book delves into Morse's intricate puzzles and his evolving personal life. The series concludes with "The Remorseful Day," marking the end of Morse's compelling career.

Inspector Morse

Last Bus to Woodstock

(1975)

Last Seen Wearing

(1976)

The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn

(1977)

Service of All the Dead

(1979)

The Dead of Jericho

(1981)

The Riddle of the Third Mile

(1983)

The Secret of Annexe 3

(1986)

The Wench Is Dead

(1989)

The Jewel That Was Ours

(1989)

The Way Through The Woods

(1992)

The Daughters of Cain

(1994)

Death Is Now My Neighbor

(1996)

The Remorseful Day

(1999)

Inspector Morse Collections

Morse's Greatest Mystery and Other Stories

(1993)

Short Stories/Novellas

Evans Tries an O-Level

(1993)

The Other Half

(2015)

Non-Fiction

Chambers Morse Crosswords

(2006)

Cracking Cryptic Crosswords

(2009)

Mysterious Profiles

Rambo

(2022)(By: David Morrell)

Elvis Cole and Joe Pike

(2022)(By: Robert Crais)

Jack Taylor

(2022)(By: Ken Bruen)

Jack Reacher

(2022)(By: Lee Child)

Charlie Parker

(2022)(By: John Connolly)

Hieronymus Bosch

(2022)(By: Michael Connelly)

Lincoln Rhyme

(2022)(By: Jeffery Deaver)

Alex Delaware

(2022)(By: Jonathan Kellerman)

Tess Monaghan

(2022)(By: Laura Lippman)

Charlie Resnick

(2022)(By: John Harvey)

Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus

(2022)(By: Faye Kellerman)

Inspector Morse

(2022)

Dismas Hardy

(2022)(By: John Lescroart)

Bob Lee Swagger

(2022)(By: Stephen Hunter)

Aloysius X. L. Pendergast

(2022)(By: Douglas Preston)

Lou Boldt

(2022)(By: Ridley Pearson)

Spenser

(2022)(By: Robert B. Parker)

Charlotte and Thomas Pitt

(2022)(By: Anne Perry)

John Rebus

(2022)(By: Ian Rankin)

Mallory

(2022)(By: Carol O'Connell)

Jane Whitefield

(2022)(By: Thomas Perry)

Ian Rutledge

(2022)(By: Charles Todd)

Amos Walker

(2022)(By: Loren D. Estleman)

Precious Ramotswe

(2022)(By: Alexander McCall Smith)

Maisie Dobbs

(2022)(By: Jacqueline Winspear)

The Lincoln Lawyer

(2022)(By: Michael Connelly)

Condor

(2023)(By: James Grady)

Ben Kincaid

(2023)(By: William Bernhardt)

Repairman Jack

(2023)(By: F. Paul Wilson)

Joe Pickett

(2024)(By: C.J. Box)

Peter Diamond

(2024)(By: Peter Lovesey)

Nathan Heller

(2024)(By: Max Allan Collins)

Anthologies

Winter's Crimes 9

(1977)

Crime Story Collection

(2000)

The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Modern Crime Fiction

(2002)

The Detection Collection

(2005)

The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 7

(2010)

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