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The story about how he started writing the Inspector Morse mysteries has been told and retold many times: in 1972 Dexter was on a family holiday in Wales. The weather was persistently wet. After reading two mediocre mysteries, he decided that he could do better than that. Dexter has received a number of prestigious awards for the Inspector Morse mysteries.

See also: Diogenes Small

1 Bibliography

• Last Bus to Woodstock (1975) #
• Last Seen Wearing (1976) #
• The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn (1977) #
• Service of All the Dead (1979) #
• The Dead of Jericho (1981) #
• The Riddle of the Third Mile (1983) #
• The Secret of Annexe 3 (1986) #
• The Wench is Dead (1989) #
• The Jewel That Was Ours (1991) #
• The Way Through the Woods (1992) #
• The Inside Story (1993) #
• Morse's Greatest Mystery [SS] (1993)

1. "Morse's Greatest Mystery" #
2. "Evans Tries an O-level"
3. "Dead as a Dodo #
4. "At The Lulu-bar Motel"
5. "Neighbourhood Watch" #
6. "A Case of Mis-identity"
7. "The Inside Story" #
8. "Monty's Revolver"
9. "The Carpet-bagger"
10. "Last Call" #

• Neighbourhood Watch (1993) #
• The Daughters of Cain (1994)
• As Good as Gold [SS] (1994) #

1. "Morse's Greatest Mystery" #
2. "Evans Tries an O-level"
3. "Dead as a Dodo #
4. "At The Lulu-bar Motel"
5. "Neighbourhood Watch" #
6. "A Case of Mis-identity"
7. "The Inside Story" #
8. "Monty's Revolver"
9. "The Carpet-bagger"
10. "Last Call" #
11. "As Good as Gold" #

• Death is Now My Neighbour (1996) #
• The Remorseful Day (1999) #

# Inspector Morse series

Note: "Neighbourhood Watch" and "The Inside Story" were published both as separate books and in Morse's Greatest Mystery. As Good as Gold includes all the stories in Morse's Greatest Mystery plus the story "As Good as Gold." "Neighbourhood Watch" was published as special, extremely limited edition, The Inside Story and As Good as Gold were published as advertisements for American Express and Kodak, respectively.

2 Resource

• Illustrated Bibliography of 1st Editions