Bøger af Colin Dexter

Femte bog i Colin Dexters klassiske og elskede krimiserie om Oxfords skarpttænkende, tvære kommissær Morse og trofaste kriminalassistent Lewis.Kommissær Morse møder Anne Scott til en fest. De flirter over et glas rødvin, og han ser hende ikke igen. En dag er han tilfældigvis i Oxford-bydelen Jericho, hvor Anne bor, og han beslutter sig for at aflægge hende et spontant besøg. Hoveddøren er ulåst, men det lader ikke til, at hun er hjemme.Morse tager hjem, men vender tilbage senere samme dag – nu ikke længere i håb om et romantisk rendezvous, men som efterforsker af et uforklarligt selvmord.

Første bog i Colin Dexters klassiske og elskede krimiserie om Oxfords skarpttænkende, tvære kommissær Morse og trofaste kriminalassis-tent Lewis. Torsdag eftermiddag er Sylvia Kayes død en dramatisk historie i Oxford Mail. Dagen efter står kommissær Morse frem og fortæller, at politiet leder efter en særdeles farlig mand, der har begået både voldtægt og mord.Men da sporene efter gerningsmanden forsvinder i efterårets tusmørke, må Morse følge sine instinkter, hvis han skal finde frem til sandheden om Sylvia Kayes uhyggelige skæbne.

Anden bog i Colin Dexters klassiske og elskede krimiserie om Oxfords skarpttænkende, tvære kommissær Morse og trofaste kriminalassistent Lewis.Det er to år siden, at teenagepigen Valerie Taylor forsvandt sporløst på vej til skole. Ingen ledetråde førte til noget brugbart i efterforskningen.Personeftersøgninger keder Morse – og Valerie Taylors forsvinden var ikke hans bord. Han er overbevist om, at hun er død, for er der én ting, der er sværere end at skjule et lig, så er det at holde sig i live i så lang tid, uden nogen opdager det.Men nu er der dukket overraskende nyt op, og Morse bliver pålagt at genåbne sagen.

Tredje bog i Colin Dexters klassiske og elskede krimiserie om Oxfords skarpttænkende, tvære kommissær Morse og trofaste kriminalassistent Lewis. Den nyligt ansatte medarbejder ved Institut for Udlandseksamener ved Oxford University var døv, vokset op på landet i Yorkshire langt fra de akademiske kredse og højt begavet. Nu er han død.Mordet på Nicholas Quinn i hans hjem i det nordlige Oxford, bliver begyndelsen på en labyrintisk sag for kommissær Morse, der er overbevist om, at morderen skal findes i det lukkede og stridslystne parallelsamfund, som de berømte Colleges i Oxford udgør.

"Morse is a thoroughly convincing detective, and a very humane one, too."--The New York Times Book ReviewValerie Taylor has been missing since she was a sexy seventeen, more than two years ago. Inspector Morse is sure she's dead. But if she is, who forged the letter to her parents saying "I am alright so don't worry"? Never has a woman provided Morse with such a challenge, for each time the pieces of the jigsaw start falling into place, someone scatters them again. So Valerie remains as tantalizingly elusive as ever. Morse prefers a body--a body dead from unnatural causes. And very soon he getsone. . . . "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"Fascinating . . . Very satisfying."--Book Sellers

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 . . . ? How can the discovery of a short story by a beautiful Oxford graduate lead Chief Inspector Morse to her murderer? What awaits Morse and Lewis in Room 231 of the Randolph Hotel? Why does a theft at Christmas lead the detective to look upon the festive season with uncharacteristic goodwill? And what happens when Morse himself falls victim to a brilliantly executed crime? Morse's Greatest Mystery and Other Stories is a dazzling collection of short stories from Inspector Morse's creator, Colin Dexter. It includes six ingenious cases for the world's most popular fictional detective - plus five other tantalizingly original tales to delight all lovers of classic crime fiction.

The Wench is Dead is the eighth novel in Colin Dexter's Oxford-set detective series.That night he dreamed in Technicolor. He saw the ochre-skinned, scantily clad siren in her black, arrowed stockings. And in Morse's muddled computer of a mind, that siren took the name of one Joanna Franks . . .The body of Joanna Franks was found at Duke's Cut on the Oxford Canal at about 5.30 a.m. on Wednesday, 22nd June 1859.At around 10.15 a.m. on a Saturday morning in 1989 the body of Chief Inspector Morse - though very much alive - was removed to Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital. Treatment for a perforated ulcer was later pronounced successful.As Morse begins his recovery he comes across an account of the investigation and the trial that followed Joanna Franks' death . . . and becomes convinced that the two men hanged for her murder were innocent . . .The Wench is Dead is followed by the ninth Inspector Morse book, The Jewel That Was Ours.

Last Seen Wearing is the second novel in Colin Dexter's Oxford-set detective series.Morse was beset by a nagging feeling. Most of his fanciful notions about the Taylor girl had evaporated and he had begun to suspect that further investigation into Valerie's disappearance would involve little more than sober and tedious routine . . .The statements before Inspector Morse appeared to confirm the bald, simple truth.After leaving home to return to school, teenager Valerie Taylor had completely vanished, and the trail had gone cold.Until two years, three months and two days after Valerie's disappearance, somebody decides to supply some surprising new evidence for the case . . .Last Seen Wearing is followed by the third Inspector Morse book, The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn.

Three BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations starring John Shrapnel as Morse and Robert Glenister as Lewis, plus a bonus reading by Colin Dexter of one of his short stories.Gripping, suspenseful and entertaining, these BBC dramatisations were adapted by Guy Meredith from the original Inspector Morse novels by Colin Dexter.

Death is Now My Neighbour is the twelfth novel in Colin Dexter's Oxford-set detective series.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 . . .Death is Now My Neighbour is followed by the thirteenth Inspector Morse book, The Remorseful Day.