Audiobooks by Colin Dexter

Inspector Morse: Last Bus to Woodstock: A Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisation plus two short stories

"The very first Inspector Morse novel adapted for radio, plus two bonus short stories A must-listen for fans of Colin Dexter’s famous detective, this never-before-published 1985 dramatisation marks Inspector Morse’s first ever appearance on radio – preceding the hit TV series by a full two years. It is accompanied by two captivating short stories, one featuring Morse and the other a standalone thriller. Last Bus to Woodstock – Tired of waiting at the bus stop, two girls decide to hitch a lift. But one of them, Sylvia Kaye, will never make it back home, for later that night she is found brutally murdered in a pub car park. With no obvious leads, it will take all of Inspector Morse's deductive skills to track down the killer… Starring Andrew Burt as Inspector Morse and Christopher Douglas as Sergeant Lewis. ‘The Burglar’ – When the old lady across the street observes a suspicious stranger peering into her neighbour’s living room, Morse and Lewis find themselves faced with a new puzzle. John Turner reads this short tale, specially written for the 1995 Bouchercon World Mystery Convention. ‘Monty’s Revolver’ – Hearing that Field Marshal Montgomery’s service revolver has come up for auction, one gun collector knows its reserve price is more than he can afford. But little does he imagine that he will soon end up looking down its barrel... Read by Joe Dunlop. NB: Last Bus to Woodstock was written in 1975 and reflects the attitudes of the time. Text copyright © Colin Dexter 1975 (Last Bus to Woodstock), 1993 (‘Monty’s Revolver’), 1995 (‘The Burglar’) Last Bus to Woodstock Insp Morse – Andrew Burt Sgt Lewis – Christopher Douglas John Sanders – John Hartoch Sylvia – Deborah Appleby Mrs Jarman/Matron – Patricia Gibson Jennifer – Deborah Cranston Sue/Sarah – Jane Bickerton Bernard – Alan Thompson Palmer/Peter – Graham Blockey Margaret – Maggie Tarver Dramatised by Melville Jones Directed by Brian Miller First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 15 June 1985 ‘The Burglar’ Read by John Turner Produced by Ned Chaillet First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 25 September 1995 ‘Monty’s Revolver’ Read by Joe Dunlop Produced by Sarah Kilgariff First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 6 September 1993 © 2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd"

Colin Dexter (Author), Andrew Burt, Christopher Douglas, Full Cast, Joe Dunlop, John Turner (Narrator)

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[German] - Drei Fälle für Inspector Morse: Band 1-3: Der letzte Bus nach Woodstock, Zuletzt gesehen

"Kult-Ermittler Inspector Morse in gleich drei spannenden Fällen. 'Der letzte Bus nach Woodstock': Das kleine englische Städtchen Woodstock ist stolz auf seine historischen Gebäude und die edlen Pubs, in denen angeblich schon die frühen Royals zu Gast waren. Kaum einer erliegt nicht dem Charme von altehrwürdigen Mauern und schicken Hotels. Doch die heile Fassade bekommt deutliche Risse, als im dunklen Hinterhof des 'Black Prince' die Leiche einer jungen Frau gefunden wird. Alles deutet auf einen Sexualmord hin. Inspector Morse wird auf den Fall angesetzt und entwickelt eine brillante Theorie nach der anderen – doch die Wahrheit scheint sich ihm immer wieder zu entziehen.'Zuletzt gesehen in Kidlington': Inspector Morse hält nicht viel von Vorschriften. Während sein Untergebener, Sergeant Lewis, penibel nach Polizeihandbuch ermittelt, folgt Morse lieber seiner Intuition, wobei ihn das tägliche Kreuzworträtsel der Times immer wieder auf verblüffende Fährten bringt. Vor allem, wenn er bei einem Pint Bitter in einem verrauchten Pub seinen Gedanken nachhängt. Eine herausfordernde Bewährungsprobe ist der Fall der spurlos verschwundenen Valerie Taylor, die vor mehr als zwei Jahren von zu Hause weggelaufen ist. Morse sieht nicht die geringste Chance, das Mädchen noch lebend zu finden. Bis ein Brief eintrifft, der scheinbar Valeries Unterschrift trägt, und der damalige Ermittler kurz darauf bei einem Verkehrsunfall ums Leben kommt. Morse glaubt nicht an einen Zufall.'Die schweigende Welt des Nicholas Quinn': Der fast taube Nicholas Quinn wird überraschend zum Mitglied des Verbands für Auslandsprüfungen der Oxford-Universität berufen. Quinn lebt sich schnell ein in die Welt der angesehenen Professoren, der Nachmittagssitzungen mit gutem Rotwein und der bequemen Ledersessel. Nur hat er kaum Gelegenheit, sich an seinem neuen Job zu erfreuen: Schon kurz nach seiner Ernennung wird Quinn vergiftet in seiner Wohnung aufgefunden. Ein Mord ohne die geringsten Anhaltspunkte – wie geschaffen für den brillanten Inspector Morse.-"

Colin Dexter (Author), Frank Arnold (Narrator)

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[German] - Die schweigende Welt des Nicholas Quinn - Ein Fall für Inspector Morse

"Hinter den alten Mauern der Oxford-Universität ist nicht alles so ehrwürdig, wie es scheint. Der fast taube Nicholas Quinn wird überraschend zum Mitglied des Verbands für Auslandsprüfungen der Oxford-Universität berufen. Quinn lebt sich schnell ein in die Welt der angesehenen Professoren, der Nachmittagssitzungen mit gutem Rotwein und der bequemen Ledersessel. Nur hat er kaum Gelegenheit, sich an seinem neuen Job zu erfreuen: Schon kurz nach seiner Ernennung wird Quinn vergiftet in seiner Wohnung aufgefunden. Ein Mord ohne die geringsten Anhaltspunkte – wie geschaffen für den brillanten Inspector Morse.-"

Colin Dexter (Author), Frank Arnold (Narrator)

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[German] - Zuletzt gesehen in Kidlington - Ein Fall für Inspector Morse

"Das verschwundene MädchenInspector Morse hält nicht viel von Vorschriften. Während sein Untergebener, Sergeant Lewis, penibel nach Polizeihandbuch ermittelt, folgt Morse lieber seiner Intuition, wobei ihn das tägliche Kreuzworträtsel der Times immer wieder auf verblüffende Fährten bringt. Vor allem, wenn er bei einem Pint Bitter in einem verrauchten Pub seinen Gedanken nachhängt. Eine herausfordernde Bewährungsprobe ist der Fall der spurlos verschwundenen Valerie Taylor, die vor mehr als zwei Jahren von zu Hause weggelaufen ist. Morse sieht nicht die geringste Chance, das Mädchen noch lebend zu finden. Bis ein Brief eintrifft, der scheinbar Valeries Unterschrift trägt, und der damalige Ermittler kurz darauf bei einem Verkehrsunfall ums Leben kommt. Morse glaubt nicht an einen Zufall.-"

Colin Dexter (Author), Frank Arnold (Narrator)

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[German] - Der letzte Bus nach Woodstock - Ein Fall für Inspector Morse

"Ein kniffliger Fall für Inspector MorseDas kleine englische Städtchen Woodstock ist stolz auf seine historischen Gebäude und die edlen Pubs, in denen angeblich schon die frühen Royals zu Gast waren. Kaum einer erliegt nicht dem Charme von altehrwürdigen Mauern und schicken Hotels. Doch die heile Fassade bekommt deutliche Risse, als im dunklen Hinterhof des 'Black Prince' die Leiche einer jungen Frau gefunden wird. Alles deutet auf einen Sexualmord hin. Inspector Morse wird auf den Fall angesetzt und entwickelt eine brillante Theorie nach der anderen – doch die Wahrheit scheint sich ihm immer wieder zu entziehen.-"

Colin Dexter (Author), Frank Arnold (Narrator)

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Inspector Morse: BBC Radio Drama Collection: Three classic full-cast dramatisations

"Three BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations starring John Shrapnel as Morse and Robert Glenister as Lewis, plus a bonus reading by Colin Dexter of one of his short stories. In Last Seen Wearing, Inspector Morse is reluctant to take over an old missing person case from a dead colleague. But two years, three months and two days after teenager Valerie Taylor’s disappearance, somebody decides to supply some surprising new evidence. . . In The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn Inspector Morse tackles the murder of an exam invigilator. The newly appointed member of the Oxford foreign exam syndicate was deaf, and he wasn’t from the insular world of the Oxford colleges. Now he is dead. After he’s rushed into hospital, Inspector Morse becomes intrigued by an old crime in The Wench is Dead. Could the wrong men have been hanged for the murder of Joanna Franks? Plus Colin Dexter reads his own short story, The Double Crossing, in which it is a good first day for a certain detective named Lewis. Gripping, suspenseful and entertaining, these BBC dramatisations were adapted by Guy Meredith from the original Inspector Morse novels by Colin Dexter."

Colin Dexter (Author), Full Cast, John Shrapnel, Robert Glenister (Narrator)

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The Secret of Annexe 3

"The Secret of Annexe 3 is the seventh novel in Colin Dexter's Oxford-set detective series. Morse sought to hide his disappointment. So many people in the Haworth Hotel that fateful evening had been wearing some sort of disguise – a change of dress, a change of make-up, a change of partner, a change of attitude, a change of life almost; and the man who had died had been the most consummate artist of them all . . . Chief Inspector Morse seldom allowed himself to be caught up in New Year celebrations. So the murder inquiry in the festive hotel had a certain appeal. It was a crime worthy of the season. The corpse was still in fancy dress. And hardly a single guest at the Haworth had registered under a genuine name . . . The Secret of Annexe 3 is followed by the eighth Inspector Morse book, The Wench is Dead."

Colin Dexter (Author), Samuel West (Narrator)

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The Wench is Dead

"The Wench is Dead is the eighth novel in Colin Dexter's Oxford-set detective series featuring Inspector Morse. That night he dreamed in Technicolor. He saw the ochre-skinned, scantily clad siren in her black, arrowed stockings. And in Morse's muddled computer of a mind, that siren took the name of one Joanna Franks . . . The body of Joanna Franks was found at Duke's Cut on the Oxford Canal at about 5.30 a.m. on Wednesday, 22nd June 1859. At around 10.15 a.m. on a Saturday morning in 1989 the body of Chief Inspector Morse - though very much alive - was removed to Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital. Treatment for a perforated ulcer was later pronounced successful. As Morse begins his recovery he comes across an account of the investigation and the trial that followed Joanna Franks' death . . . and becomes convinced that the two men hanged for her murder were innocent . . . The Wench is Dead is followed by the ninth Inspector Morse book, The Jewel That Was Ours."

Colin Dexter (Author), Samuel West (Narrator)

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The Jewel That Was Ours

"The Jewel That Was Ours is the ninth novel in Colin Dexter's Oxford-set detective series. He looked overweight around the midriff, though nowhere else, and she wondered whether perhaps he drank too much. He looked weary, as if he had been up most of the night conducting his investigations . . . For Oxford, the arrival of twenty-seven American tourists is nothing out of the ordinary . . . until one of their number is found dead in Room 310 at the Randolph Hotel. It looks like a sudden – and tragic – accident. Only Chief Inspector Morse appears not to overlook the simultaneous theft of a jewel-encrusted antique from the victim's handbag . . . Then, two days later, a naked and battered corpse is dragged from the River Cherwell. A coincidence? Maybe. But this time Morse is determined to prove the link . . . The Jewel That Was Ours is followed by the tenth Inspector Morse book, The Way Through the Woods."

Colin Dexter (Author), Samuel West (Narrator)

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The Way Through the Woods

"The Way Through the Woods is the tenth novel in Colin Dexter's Oxford-set detective series. Quietly, rather movingly, Strange was making his plea: 'Christ knows why, Lewis, but Morse will always put himself out for you.' As he put the phone down, Lewis knew that Strange had been right . . . in the case of the Swedish Maiden, the pair of them were in business again . . . They called her the Swedish Maiden – the beautiful young tourist who disappeared on a hot summer's day somewhere in North Oxford. Twelve months later the case remained unsolved – pending further developments. On holiday in Lyme Regis, Chief Inspector Morse is startled to read a tantalizing article in The Times about the missing woman. An article which lures him back to Wytham Woods near Oxford . . . and straight into the most extraordinary murder investigation of his career. The Way Through the Woods is followed by the eleventh Inspector Morse book, The Daughters of Cain."

Colin Dexter (Author), Samuel West (Narrator)

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The Daughters of Cain

"The Daughters of Cain is the eleventh novel in Colin Dexter's Oxford-set detective series, featuring Inspector Morse. Bizarre and bewildering - that's what so many murder investigations in the past had proved to be . . . In this respect, at least, Lewis was correct in his thinking. What he could not have known was what unprecedented anguish the present case would cause to Morse's soul. Chief Superintendent Strange's opinion was that too little progress had been made since the discovery of a corpse in a North Oxford flat. The victim had been killed by a single stab wound to the stomach. Yet the police had no weapon, no suspect, no motive. Within days of taking over the case Chief Inspector Morse and Sergeant Lewis uncover startling new information about the life and death of Dr Felix McClure. When another body is discovered Morse suddenly finds himself with rather too many suspects. For once, he can see no solution. But then he receives a letter containing a declaration of love . . . The Daughters of Cain is followed by the twelfth Inspector Morse book, Death is Now My Neighbour."

Colin Dexter (Author), Samuel West (Narrator)

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Death is Now My Neighbour

"Death is Now My Neighbour is the twelfth novel in Colin Dexter's Oxford-set detective series. As he drove his chief down to Kidlington, Lewis returned the conversation to where it had begun. 'You haven't told me what you think about this fellow Owens – the dead woman's next-door neighbour.' 'Death is always the next-door neighbour,' said Morse sombrely. The murder of a young woman . . . A cryptic 'seventeenth-century' love poem . . . And a photograph of a mystery grey-haired man . . . More than enough to set Chief Inspector E. Morse on the trail of a killer. And it's a trail that leads him to Lonsdale College, where the contest between Julian Storrs and Dr Denis Cornford for the coveted position of Master is hotting up. But then Morse faces a greater, far more personal crisis . . . Death is Now My Neighbour is followed by the thirteenth Inspector Morse book, The Remorseful Day."

Colin Dexter (Author), Samuel West (Narrator)

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