Colin Dexter

Inspector Morse and Sergeant Lewis take over a case in which the victim has been killed by a single stab wound to the stomach. Within days they uncover surprising new information about the victim and then another body is discovered.  Book 11 of series.

An American tourist is found dead at the Randolph Hotel after a heart attack but D.C.I. Morse suspects a link with the theft of a valuable piece of jewellery from the victim’s handbag. When a battered corpse is pulled from the Cherwell a few days later Morse is more than ever convinced of foul play.  Book 9 of series.

The death of Sylvia Kaye figured dramatically in Thursday afternoon's edition of the Oxford Mail. By Friday evening Inspector Morse had informed the nation that the police were looking for a dangerous man - but as the obvious leads fade, Morse becomes more and more convinced that passion holds the key.  Book 1 of series.

For over a year the murder of Yvonne Harris has baffled the police. Why then does Chief Inspector Morse refuse to lead the re-investigation, yet continue making private enquiries?  Book 13 of series.

They called her the Swedish Maiden – the beautiful young tourist who disappeared one day somewhere in Oxford. Twelve months later the case remained unsolved. On holiday in Lyme Regis, Chief Inspector Morse reads a tantalizing article in The Times about the missing woman. An article which lures him back to Wytham Woods near Oxford . . . and straight into the most extraordinary murder investigation of his career.  Book 10 of series.

While in hospital recovering from a bleeding ulcer, Morse is given a book by the wife of a recently deceased patient. It tells the story of a young girl murdered on the Oxford canal a hundred years previously and Morse becomes convinced that the two men convicted and hanged were innocent. He sets out to prove this from his hospital bed.  Book 8 of series.