Last Bus to Woodstock

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The first intriguing case that began Colin Dexter's phenomenally successful Inspector Morse series. 'Do you think I'm wasting your time, Lewis' Lewis was nobody's fool and was a man of some honesty and integrity. 'Yes, sir.' An engaging smile crept across Morse's mouth. He thought they could get on well together . . . The death of Sylvia Kaye figured dramatically in Thursday afternoon's edition of the Oxford Mail. By Friday evening, Inspector Morse had informed the nation that the police were looking for a dangerous man. But as the obvious leads fade into twilight and darkness, Morse becomes more and more convinced that passion holds the key . . . Last Bus to Woodstock is followed by the second Inspector Morse book, Last Seen Wearing.

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Traditional crime writing at its best; the kind of book without which no armchair is complete * The Sunday Times *
No one constructs a whodunit with more fiendish skill than Colin Dexter * The Guardian *
Dexter has created a giant among fictional detectives * The Times *
The writing is highly intelligent, the atmosphere melancholy, the effect haunting * The Daily Telegraph *
[Morse is] the most prickly, conceited and genuinely brilliant detective since Hercule Poirot * New York Times Book Review *

Author Bio

Colin Dexter graduated from Cambridge University in 1953 and published his first Inspector Morse novel, Last Bus to woodstock, in 1975. Colin has won many awards for his novels including the CWA Gold Dagger and Silver Dagger awards. In 1997 he was presented with the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger Award for outstanding services to crime literature. Colin's thirteenth and final Inspector Morse novel, The Remorseful Day, was published in 1999. He died in 2017 at his home in Oxford.