Morse had solved so many mysteries in his life. Was he now, he wondered, beginning to glimpse the solution to the greatest mystery of them all .

Morse's Greatest Mystery and Other Stories

"[MORSE IS] THE MOST PRICKLY, CONCEITED, AND GENUINELY BRILLIANT DETECTIVE SINCE HERCULE POIROT".--The New York Times Book ReviewHe meets her at a suburban party. They share a flirtation over their red wine . . . and he doesn't see her again. It's the old familiar story for Morse. Then one day he just happens to be in Jericho, where Anne Scott lives. Nobody's home--and Morse should know since her door is unlocked and he takes a quick look inside. Only later does Morse learn that the lady was at home, just not alive. The jury's verdict at the inquest is death by suicide. But that doesn't sit right with Morse, and he embarks on his own investigation into the tangled private life of a lovely woman, all the while feeling his own remorse of what might have been. . . ."You don't really know Morse until you've read him. . . . Viewers who have enjoyed British actor John Thaw as Morse in the PBS Mystery! anthology series should welcome the deeper character development in Dexter's novels".--Chicago Sun-Times"A masterful crime writer whom few others match".--Publishers Weekly

Mort à Jericho (Inspector Morse, #5)

Inspector Morse isn't sure what to make of the truncated body found dumped in the Oxford Canal. He suspects it may be all that's left of an elderly Oxford don last seen boarding a London train days before.

Casse-tête en trois temps (Inspector Morse, #6)

"As he drove his chief down to Kidlington, Lewis returned the conversation to where it had begun. 'You haven't told me what you think about this fellow Owens - the dead woman's next-door neighbour.' 'Death is always the next-door neighbour,' said Morse sombrely. The murder of a young woman . . . A cryptic 'seventeenth-century' love poem . . . And a photograph of a mystery grey-haired man . . .More than enough to set Chief Inspector E. Morse on the trail of a killer.And it's a trail that leads him to Lonsdale College, where the contest between Julian Storrs and Dr Denis Cornford for the coveted position of Master is hotting up.But then Morse faces a greater, far more personal crisis . . ."

La Mort Pour Voisine (Inspector Morse, #12)

« Colin Dexter est captivant. Ses histoires sont un peu extravagantes, de´libe´re´ment, a` l'image de son inspecteur, qui joue a` mener l'enque^te avec de´sinvolture. » Le Magazine litte´raire Valerie Taylor, jolie lyce´enne de 17 ans, a disparu il y a deux ans, trois mois et deux jours lorsque ses parents rec¸oivent ce mot poste´ de Londres : « Tout va bien. Bons baisers, Valerie. » Alors l'espoir renai^t. Sauf pour Morse, qui n'a aucune envie de reprendre l'enque^te. Mais son supe´rieur insiste. Morse part donc en compagnie de son fide`le Lewis e´cumer les pubs et les boi^tes a` strip-tease de Londres a` la recherche d'une piste.

Dur me´tier que celui d'inspecteur ! Surtout quand on est persuade´ que la personne qu'on recherche a e´te´ assassine´e...

Avec ce deuxie`me roman mettant en sce`ne l'inspecteur Morse, Colin Dexter de´montre qu'il a su cre´er un personnage et un univers a` part dans l'univers de la litte´rature policie`re.

Portée disparue

« Morse est l'un de´tectives les plus suffisants, les plus susceptibles et brillants depuis Hercule Poirot. » The New York Times Book Review La dernie`re fois qu'on a vu vivante la jolie Sylvia Kaye, elle faisait du stop pour se rendre a` Woodstock, non loin d'Oxford. Puis on a retrouve´ son corps de´nude´ dans la cour d'un pub.
Alors que les pistes se multiplient, l'inspecteur Morse voit la perspective de re´soudre rapidement l'enque^te s'e´loigner peu a` peu. Qu'ils soient des universitaires distingue´s ou de simples employe´s d'une compagnie d'assurances, tous les suspects lui mentent !
Morse est cependant persuade´ que la seconde auto-stoppeuse vue en compagnie de Sylvia est la cle´ de l'e´nigme. Mais sa confiance est e´branle´e par la nonchalance de celle-ci quand il la trouve enfin. Son charme aussi le de´stabilise...
Avec ce premier roman, Colin Dexter cre´ait un personnage atypique, qui a depuis pris place au Panthe´on de la litte´rature policie`re aux co^te´s des plus grands.

Dernier bus pour Woodstock

Bijoux De Famille (Inspector Morse, #9)

The Daughters of Cain is the eleventh novel in Colin Dexter's Oxford-set detective series. Bizarre and bewildering - that's what so many murder investigations in the past had proved to be .

The Daughters of Cain

Inspector Morse is enjoying a rare if unsatisfying holiday in Dorset when the first letter appears in The Times. A year before, a stunning Swedish student disappeared from Oxfordshire, leaving behind a rucksack with her identification. As the lady was dishy, young, and traveling alone, the Thames Valley Police suspected foul play. But without a body, and with precious few clues, the investigation ground to a halt. Not one to be left behind, Morse writes a letter of his own--and follows a twisting path through the Wytham Woods that leads to a most shocking murder.

Morse's Greatest Mystery and Other Stories

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