Inspector Morse

Series of 13 mysteries? by British author Colin Dexter.

The titles are:

• Last Bus to Woodstock, 1975
• Last Seen Wearing, 1976
• Silent World of Nicholas Quinn, 1977
• Service of All the Dead, 1979
• The Dead of Jerico, 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 Daughters of Cain, 1994
• Death is Now My Neighbor, 1996
• The Remorseful Day: The Final Inspector Morse Novel, 2000

Just like Arthur Conan Doyle Dexter killed his main character in the last book.

The Inspector Morse novels have been made into a very successful [TV series]? by the British TV channel Carlton?. The Inspector himself is played by [John Thaw]? and the faithful Sergeant Lewis by [Kevin Whately]?. Dexter makes a [cameo appearance]? in each of the episodes. See the official web site of the TV series at http://www.inspectormorse.co.uk/.

It is primarly the personality of the main character that makes the Inspector Morse novels so successful. With his beautiful Jaguar, beer, snobbery, and penchant for Wagner?, he is a likable person.