Colin Dexter



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Colin Dexter

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born
in Stamford, Lincolnshire, The United Kingdom
September 29, 1930

gender
male

genre
Mystery & Thrillers


About this author

Norman Colin Dexter, OBE, (born 29 September 1930 in Stamford, Lincolnshire) is an English crime writer, known for his Inspector Morse novels.

He started writing mysteries in 1972 during a family holiday: "We were in a little guest house halfway between Caernarfon and Pwllheli. It was a Saturday and it was raining - it's not unknown for it to rain in North Wales. The children were moaning ... I was sitting at the kitchen table with nothing else to do, and I wrote the first few paragraphs of a potential detective novel." Last Bus to Woodstock was published in 1975 and introduced the world to the character of Inspector Morse, the irascible detective whose penchants for cryptic crosswords, English literature, cask ale and Wagner reflect Dexter'...more


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Average rating: 3.96 · 18,852 ratings · 770 reviews · 54 distinct works · Similar authors
Last Bus to Woodstock (Insp...
3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 3,212 ratings — published 1975 — 18 editions
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The Way Through The Woods (...
4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 2,226 ratings — published 1993 — 26 editions
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The Remorseful Day (Inspect...
4.19 of 5 stars 4.19 avg rating — 1,469 ratings — published 1999 — 22 editions
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Last Seen Wearing (Inspecto...
3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 1,480 ratings — published 1976 — 20 editions
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The Dead of Jericho (Inspec...
3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 1,188 ratings — published 1981 — 26 editions
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The Daughters of Cain (Insp...
3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 1,195 ratings — published 1994 — 27 editions
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Death Is Now My Neighbor (I...
4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 1,041 ratings — published 1996 — 26 editions
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The Wench Is Dead (Inspecto...
3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 1,049 ratings — published 1989 — 19 editions
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The Silent World of Nichola...
3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 980 ratings — published 1977 — 21 editions
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Service of All the Dead (In...
3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 846 ratings — published 1979 — 23 editions
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Series by Colin Dexter

Last Bus to Woodstock Last Seen Wearing The Silent World of Nichola... Service of All the Dead The Dead of Jericho The Riddle of the Third Mile The Secret of Annexe 3
Inspector Morse (14 books)
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“I always drink at lunchtime. It helps my imagination.”
― Colin Dexter, The Dead of Jericho
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“There's always time for one more pint. - Chief Inspector Morse”
― Colin Dexter, The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn
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“Morse stared morosely at the blotting paper. "It's just not my sort of case, Lewis. I know it's not a very nice thing to say, but I just get on better when we've got a body - a body that died from unnatural causes. That's all I ask. And we haven't got a body.”
― Colin Dexter, Last Seen Wearing
tags: body, lewis, morse
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