Colin Dexter

A young secretary is found dead in a pub car park. Morse suspects murder and uncovers a complex web of relationships – passion and corruption, lies and unhappiness.

Morse investigates the reported theft of erotic paintings belonging to Sir Julius Hanbury, a local baronet who is one of those standing for election as the new Master of Courtney…

A body is found in the canal and the only clue to its identity points to a connection with one of the university’s colleges. It happens that intense rivalry for…

Morse investigates when the annual match of the Claret’s old boys’ cricket eleven is brought to an abrupt end by the sudden death of a team member – and it…

Playboy architect Michael Gifford is found strangled in his car, and the only clues are a car-park ticket and his diary. Morse and Lewis uncover a love triangle involving the…

Morse investigates a tangled web of university intrigue which surrounds the baffling murder of Dr Julian Dear, a college don and famous environmentalist who was killed just minutes before he…

The mysterious death of a former deputy police commissioner brings Morse into reluctant contact with an old rival, Ch Insp Dawson. Morse and Lewis, in uneasy tandem with Dawson, spot…

Morse finds himself attracted to a female cleric when he is called upon to investigate the suspicious death of a woman deacon. St Saviour’s College is about to appoint Oxford’s…

An artist, fun-loving drinker and raconteur, Harry Field seems like a man after Morse’s own heart. But when Morse and Lewis investigate his mysterious death, they discover that he was…

When the chef at Lewis’s favorite Greek restaurant is found murdered, and a baby goes missing, Oxford’s close-knit Greek community closes ranks. Matters aren’t helped when Morse has a bad-tempered…

Business tycoon Sir John Balcombe is found murdered at his country house, Balcombe Castle, with no signs of a break-in. As a result, the dead man’s wife and sons come…

The strange death of an Englishwoman abroad takes Morse and Lewis to the city of Verona in northern Italy. Morse takes delight in open-air opera in the Roman amphitheatre and…

”Absolute Conviction” is an episode of the British television detective mystery show Inspector Morse dramatized on ITV. It was first broadcast in 1992.

The owner of a private hospital is found murdered in his car, after a series of anonymous threatening letters. Suspicion falls on a retired book-maker whose daughter suffered severe brain…

Morse and Lewis hunt a violent rapist who has escaped from prison. They find themselves drawn into an under-world of satanists, and some of them seem more respectable than others.

Morse investigates the murder of Trevor Radford, managing director of the family-owned Radford’s Brewery, who was attacked and killed while working late. Morse becomes immersed in the implications of a…