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Colin Dexter


(Norman Colin Dexter)
UK flag (1930 - 2017)

Colin Dexter lived in Oxford. He won many awards for his novels and in 1997 was presented with the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger for outstanding services to crime literature.

Awards: Theakston (2011), CWA (1997), Macavity (1996)  see all

Genres: Mystery
 
Series
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Novellas and Short Stories
   The Other Half (2016)
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Non fiction show
 
Books containing stories by Colin Dexter
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A Very Murderous Christmas (2018)
Ten Classic Crime Stories for the Festive Season
(Vintage Murders, book 3)
edited by
Cecily Gayford
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Sherlock (2015)
edited by
Otto Penzler

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Awards
2011 Theakston Old Peculier Outstanding Contribution Award
1997 CWA Diamond Dagger
1996 Macavity Award for Best Mystery Short Story : Evans Tries an O-Level
1992 CWA Gold Dagger : The Way Through the Woods
1989 CWA Gold Dagger : The Wench Is Dead

Award nominations
1981 CWA Gold Dagger (nominee) : The Dead of Jericho
1979 CWA Gold Dagger (nominee) : Service of All the Dead
1975 John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger (shortlist) : Last Bus to Woodstock


Colin Dexter recommends
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In a Far Place (2022)
(Distant Places)
Liz Harris
"A splendid love story, so beautifully told. (The Road Back)."
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Fearful Symmetry (2016)
(Secret of the Journal, book 5)
C F Dunn
"An ominous sense of developing tension...a most fluent writer."
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The Witness (2015)
Jane Bidder
"She writes so well and I'm sure Inspector Morse would have enjoyed this."

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