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Colin Dexter won many awards for his novels including the CWA Gold Dagger and Silver Dagger awards. In 1997 he was presented with the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger Award for outstanding services to crime literature. Colin's thirteenth and final Inspector Morse novel, The Remorseful Day, was published in 1999. He lived in Oxford until his death in 2017.

Books by Colin Dexter

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    The Wench is Dead

  • Book cover for The Jewel That Was Ours

    The Jewel That Was Ours

  • Book cover for The Way Through the Woods

    The Way Through the Woods

  • Book cover for The Daughters of Cain

    The Daughters of Cain

  • Book cover for Death is Now My Neighbour

    Death is Now My Neighbour

  • Book cover for The Remorseful Day

    The Remorseful Day

  • Book cover for Morse's Greatest Mystery and Other Stories

    Morse's Greatest Mystery and Other Stories

  • Book cover for Last Bus to Woodstock

    Last Bus to Woodstock

  • Book cover for Last Seen Wearing

    Last Seen Wearing

  • Book cover for The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn

    The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn

  • Book cover for Service of All the Dead

    Service of All the Dead

  • Book cover for The Dead of Jericho

    The Dead of Jericho

  • Book cover for The Riddle of the Third Mile

    The Riddle of the Third Mile

  • Book cover for The Secret of Annexe 3

    The Secret of Annexe 3

Series by Colin Dexter

  • Inspector Morse Mysteries

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