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Dexter, Colin

Overview
Works: 523 works in 1,780 publications in 22 languages and 45,727 library holdings
Genres: Detective and mystery stories  Mystery fiction  Detective and mystery stories, English  Short stories  Suspense fiction 
Roles: Author of introduction
Classifications: pr6054.e96, 823.914
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74 editions published between and 2007 in 9 languages and held by 2,037 libraries worldwide
When Dr. Felix McClure of Wolsey College, Oxford, is found dead the clues lead to a college servant, Edward Brooks. When Brooks is killed, Inspector Morse finds himself romantically involved with one of the suspects.
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65 editions published between and 2008 in 6 languages and held by 2,004 libraries worldwide
The murder of Yvonne Harrison at her home in Lower Swinstead has the Thames Valley CID baffled until Chief Inspector Morse reluctantly agrees to take over the investigation.
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73 editions published between and 2007 in 12 languages and held by 1,953 libraries worldwide
A cranky Inspector Morse is called back early from a forced vacation in Lyme Regis to take over the recently reopened case of a missing Swedish girl.
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74 editions published between and 2008 in 6 languages and held by 1,952 libraries worldwide
Two Oxford dons vie to succeed the master of Lonsdale College and the result is murder. In the course of his investigation, Inspector Morse learns there are two people to whom the appointment means even more than it does to the dons--their wives. By the author of The Daughters of Cain.
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69 editions published between and 2009 in 7 languages and held by 1,821 libraries worldwide
When an American tourist is found dead of a heart attack in the posh Randolph Hotel and an irreplaceable piece of ancient jewelry is missing, Inspector Morse begins an investigation.
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49 editions published between and 2011 in 4 languages and held by 1,548 libraries worldwide
Eleven stories on crime, half with InspectorMorse as the hero. They range from Evans Tries anO-Level, which is on a prison break, to At the Lulu BarMotel, which is on a gang of con artists. By the author ofDaughters of Cain.
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67 editions published between and 2009 in 11 languages and held by 1,545 libraries worldwide
Inspector Morse investigates a murder that occured in the 19th century.
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40 editions published between and 2010 in 7 languages and held by 1,202 libraries worldwide
Chief Inspector Morse of the Thames Valley Police investigates a murder at the Haworth Hotel in Oxford.
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48 editions published between and 2010 in 9 languages and held by 1,178 libraries worldwide
"Inspector Morse isn't sure what to make of the truncated body found dumped in the Oxford Canal, but he suspects it may be all that's left of an elderly Oxford don last seen boarding the London train several days before. Whatever the truth, the inspector knows it won't be simple--it never is."--Back cover.
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56 editions published between and 2010 in 9 languages and held by 1,083 libraries worldwide
Chief Inspector Morse was alone among the congregation in suspecting continued unrest in the quiet parish of St. Frideswide's. Most people could still remember the churchwarden's murder. A few could still recall the murderer's suicide. Now even the police had closed the case...
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70 editions published between and 2008 in 9 languages and held by 1,035 libraries worldwide
Inspector Morse has finally found love but it's not destined to be. His love is found hanging from a beam and Morse sets out to find the murderer.
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60 editions published between and 2010 in 9 languages and held by 932 libraries worldwide
Inspector Morse investigates a murder involved with selling examinations to Oxford students.
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50 editions published between and 2009 in 9 languages and held by 877 libraries worldwide
Inspector Morse returns to solve the case of Valerie Taylor, who disappeared near Oxford two years earlier when she was seventeen. Everyone has presumed her to be dead, but then a letter to her parents arrives, announcing that she is all right and they are not to worry. Morse's investigation leads him to strip clubs, abortion clinics, and old boyfriends, but there is still no Valerie, dead or alive.
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54 editions published between and 2010 in 10 languages and held by 828 libraries worldwide
Kriminalroman om kommissær Morses opklaring af mordet på en ung pige, som valgte at tage på stop i stedet for at vente på bussen til Woodstock nær Oxford.
 
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Alternative Names
Dexter, Colin, 1930-
Dexter, N. C. (Norman Colin)
Dexter, Norman Colin
コリン・デクスター
コリンデクスター
Languages
English (1,344)
Danish (61)
German (54)
Dutch (48)
Undetermined (45)
Swedish (44)
Japanese (38)
Finnish (34)
French (33)
Czech (20)
Slovenian (19)
Spanish (17)
Italian (13)
No Linguistic content (7)
Polish (6)
Russian (4)
Chinese (3)
Korean (3)
Greek, Modern (2)
Hebrew (1)
Norwegian (1)
Slovak (1)
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