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.
Genres: Mystery
Series
Inspector Morse
1. Last Bus to Woodstock (1975)
2. Last Seen Wearing (1976)
3. The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn (1977)
4. Service of All the Dead (1979)
5. The Dead of Jericho (1981)
6. The Riddle of the Third Mile (1983)
7. The Secret of Annexe 3 (1986)
8. The Wench Is Dead (1989)
9. The Jewel That Was Ours (1991)
10. The Way Through the Woods (1992)
Morse's Greatest Mystery (1993)
11. The Daughters of Cain (1994)
12. Death Is Now My Neighbour (1996)
13. The Remorseful Day (1999)
Inspector Morse: A Mysterious Profile (2022)
1. Last Bus to Woodstock (1975)
2. Last Seen Wearing (1976)
3. The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn (1977)
4. Service of All the Dead (1979)
5. The Dead of Jericho (1981)
6. The Riddle of the Third Mile (1983)
7. The Secret of Annexe 3 (1986)
8. The Wench Is Dead (1989)
9. The Jewel That Was Ours (1991)
10. The Way Through the Woods (1992)
Morse's Greatest Mystery (1993)
11. The Daughters of Cain (1994)
12. Death Is Now My Neighbour (1996)
13. The Remorseful Day (1999)
Inspector Morse: A Mysterious Profile (2022)
Colin Dexter recommends

In a Far Place (2022)
(Distant Places)
Liz Harris
"A splendid love story, so beautifully told. (The Road Back)."

Fearful Symmetry (2016)
(Secret of the Journal, book 5)
C F Dunn
"An ominous sense of developing tension...a most fluent writer."

The Witness (2014)
Jane Bidder
"She writes so well and I'm sure Inspector Morse would have enjoyed this."

Death Watch (2010)
(DI Peter Shaw and DS George Valentine, book 2)
Jim Kelly
"A sparkling star in the crime fiction firmament."
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