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The books were adapted into the hit TV series ''Series/InspectorMorse'' (1987-2000), which in turn produced two equally successful spin-offs: ''Series/Lewis'' (2006-2015) and ''Series/Endeavour'' (2012-2023). In addition, the characters have been the subject of several BBC Radio adaptations, and a stage play ''Morse: House of Ghosts''.
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The starting-point of the Series/{{Morseverse}} -- a series of thirteen novels (and various short stories) written by Creator/ColinDexter about the investigations of the Oxford-based Detective Chief Inspector E. Morse, and his assistant Detective Sergeant Lewis, which formed the basis of the TV series ''Series/InspectorMorse''.
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The starting-point of the Series/{{Morseverse}} -- a series of thirteen novels (and various short stories) written by Creator/ColinDexter about the investigations of the Oxford-based Detective Chief Inspector E. Morse, and his loyal assistant Detective Sergeant Lewis, which formed the basis of the TV series ''Series/InspectorMorse''.
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The starting-point of the Series/{{Morseverse}} -- a series of thirteen novels (and various short stories) written by Creator/ColinDexter about the investigations of the Oxford-based Detective Chief Inspector E. Morse, and his assistant Detective Sergeant Lewis, which formed the basis of the TV series ''Series/InspectorMorse''.
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[[caption-width-right:350:''Series/InspectorMorse'' stars Creator/JohnThaw and Creator/KevinWhately with Morse creator Creator/ColinDexter]]
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* CanonImmigrant: The later novels depicted Morse as driving the [[HeroesClassicCar Jaguar Mark 2]] from the TV series.
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* EmbarrassingFirstName: The reason why Morse is only ever known as "Morse". Even to his lovers -- in ''Service of All the Dead'', he tells his love interest that he will only tell her his first name ''after'' they've had sex; the novel ends with him unzipping her dress. His first name was not revealed until the end of the penultimate novel, ''Death is Now My Neighbour'' (Morse, having revealed his first name to his latest lover, is persuaded by her to tell Lewis, which he does on a postcard -- the only time ''in the entire series'' that it is actually mentioned). It has since become a classic example of ItWasHisSled, as it's something that was a mystery at the time but now everyone knows what it is, mainly ''because'' it was a mystery for so long (nowadays, the fact that it's the name of [[Series/{{Endeavour}} the prequel series]] also helps).
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* EmbarrassingFirstName: The reason why Morse is only ever known as "Morse". Even to his lovers -- in ''Service of All the Dead'', he tells his love interest that he will only tell her his first name ''after'' they've had sex; the novel ends with him unzipping her dress. His first name was not revealed until the end of the penultimate novel, ''Death is Now My Neighbour'' (Morse, having revealed his first name to his latest lover, is persuaded by her to tell Lewis, which he does on a postcard -- the only time ''in the entire series'' that it is actually mentioned). It has since become a classic example of ItWasHisSled, as it's something that was a mystery at the time but now everyone knows what it is, mainly ''because'' it was a mystery for so long (nowadays, the fact that it's the name of [[Series/{{Endeavour}} the prequel series]] also helps).
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* MegaNekko: In ''The Secret of Annexe 3'', Sarah Jonstone, the receptionist of the Haworth Hotel, has "almost comically large" spectacles, and ticks the boxes for being pleasant, smart and clever. [[spoiler:By the end of the book, she and Morse are dating.]]
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* HypocriticalHumor: In ''The Secret of Annexe 3'', Morse criticises Sarah Jonstone for smoking -- a habit he's repeatedly failed to kick himself.
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* LastMinuteHookup: At the end of ''The Secret of Annexe 3'', ''Service of all the Dead'' and ''The Wench is Dead'', Morse is embarking on a relationship with a character from the just-concluded book. The relationships never last until the next book, though.
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* LikesOlderMen: A minor character in ''Service of all the Dead'' is Carole, a teenage schoolgirl with a crush on her thirtysomething teacher -- to the point where they would have slept together, had circumstances not intervened. When the teacher disappears and Morse investigates, she reflects that she seems to have a preference for older men: she found Morse attractive, too.
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* BrickJoke: In ''The Secret of Annexe 3'', one hotel guest that Morse and Lewis can't trace is Doris Arkwright, whom Morse confidently predicts must be an elderly woman. However, she's soon ruled out of their enquiries, and no-one thinks any more of her. She finally puts in a brief appearance at the very end of the book, proving Morse wrong: she's not an old woman, but a young one.
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* SkeletonKeyCard: In ''The Dead of Jericho'', Morse (who has no official standing in the case) makes a surreptitious investigation of the crime scene, and is caught by Detective Constable Walters. Once Morse has satisfied him about his motives for being there, Walters asks him how he got in. Unwilling to reveal the real answer (which involves bribery) Morse attempts to use this trope as an explanation:
-->"You see, the lock on the back door there's a Yale, and with a Yale the bevel's always facing you when you're on the outside. So if you take a credit card and slip it in, you'll find it's just strong enough and just flexible enough to—"\\
"I know, sir. I've seen it done on the telly."\\
"Oh."\\
"And the lock on the back door there ''isn't'' a Yale, is it? Goodnight, sir."
-->"You see, the lock on the back door there's a Yale, and with a Yale the bevel's always facing you when you're on the outside. So if you take a credit card and slip it in, you'll find it's just strong enough and just flexible enough to—"\\
"I know, sir. I've seen it done on the telly."\\
"Oh."\\
"And the lock on the back door there ''isn't'' a Yale, is it? Goodnight, sir."
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* WrongGenreSavvy: In ''The Dead of Jericho'', Morse espouses the theory that the murderer was Creator/{{Sophocles}}. on the grounds that the whole scenario -- a woman dead, a young man blinded -- is a re-enactment of ''Theatre/OedipusTheKing''. [[spoiler: Turns out, he's wrong.]]
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* WrongGenreSavvy: In ''The Dead of Jericho'', Morse espouses the elaborate theory that the murderer killer was Creator/{{Sophocles}}. Creator/{{Sophocles}}, on the grounds that the whole scenario -- a woman dead, a young man blinded -- is a re-enactment of ''Theatre/OedipusTheKing''. [[spoiler: Turns out, he's wrong.]]
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* RunningGag: The goings-on surrounding Lewis's (very) extended family.
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* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Lewis loves fried egg and chips. His wife cooks it for him on a regularbasis.basis, and he prefers it when she does not extend her repertoire. Occasionally, Morse joins him for dinner, and seems to enjoy it.
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* INeedAFreakingDrink: Morse claims that drinking beer helps him to think. think, hence his insistence on making his way to the nearest available pub during investigations. He has even been known to go so far as to help himself to any unopened cans of beer that he might find ''at a murder scene'' (in the deceased's fridge, for example).
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* ChivalrousPervert: Morse, so very much. WordOfGod had it that this was AdaptedOut of [[Series/InspectorMorse the TV series]] at the insistence of JohnThaw, who played Morse.
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* BrandX: For ''The Riddle of the Third Mile'', Dexter wanted to include the goings-on in an Oxford college. Mindful of not wanting to offend any actual colleges by portraying them as hotbeds of murderous intrigued (especially given that he was still working for Oxford University at the time), he ''invented'' a college -- Lonsdale. This was later [[{{Retcon}} retconned]] to be Morse's old college. Thus began the Morseverse's tradition of using invented college names, to the point where there are now [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fictional_Oxford_colleges#Inspector_Morse over twenty of them]].
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* BadassBoast: Morse does a few of these. For example, he refers to a colleague, DCI Bell, as being the best detective on the force, but then adds: "Except for ''me'', obviously".
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* HospitalHottie: Morse occasionally finds himself attracted to nurses. Sometimes, they reciprocate.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: Morse claims that drinking beer helps him to think. He has been known to go so far as to help himself to any unopened cans of beer that he might find ''at a murder scene'' (in the deceased's fridge, for example).
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* KudzuPlot: Some of the books, notably ''The Riddle of the Third Mile'' and ''The Secret of Annexe 3'', are like this.
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* NotSoAboveItAll: Although he's a senior police officer, Morse is not above occasionally employing the services of petty criminals to get what he wants.
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* EmbarrassingFirstName: The reason why Morse is only ever known as "Morse". Even to his lovers -- in ''Service of All the Dead'', he tells his love interest that he will only tell her his first name ''after'' they've had sex; the novel ends with him unzipping her dress. His first name was not revealed until the end of the penultimate novel, ''Death is Now My Neighbour'' (Morse, having revealed his first name to his latest lover, is persuaded by her to tell Lewis, which he does on a postcard). It has since become a classic example of ItWasHisSled, as it's something that was a mystery at the time but now everyone knows what it is.
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* EmbarrassingFirstName: The reason why Morse is only ever known as "Morse". Even to his lovers -- in ''Service of All the Dead'', he tells his love interest that he will only tell her his first name ''after'' they've had sex; the novel ends with him unzipping her dress. His first name was not revealed until the end of the penultimate novel, ''Death is Now My Neighbour'' (Morse, having revealed his first name to his latest lover, is persuaded by her to tell Lewis, which he does on a postcard). postcard -- the only time ''in the entire series'' that it is actually mentioned). It has since become a classic example of ItWasHisSled, as it's something that was a mystery at the time but now everyone knows what it is.is, mainly ''because'' it was a mystery for so long (nowadays, the fact that it's the name of [[Series/{{Endeavour}} the prequel series]] also helps).
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* {{Blackface}}: Forms a key plot point in ''The Secret of Annexe 3'' which is about a murder that happened during a fancy dress party in a hotel; one of the guests blacked-up and went as a Rastafarian. This is probably why this particular book was never adapted for the TV series.
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* BaitAndSwitch: In the prelude to ''Death is Now My Neighbour'', Lewis is doing a quiz in a police newsletter which is intended to determine how "wise and cultured" he is by his answers to a series of questions. A seemingly indifferent Morse is coerced into playing along ... only for it to emerge that ''he wrote it''.
* {{Blackface}}:Forms a key plot point in ''The Secret of Annexe 3'' which is about a murder that happened during a fancy dress party in a hotel; a key plot point is that one of the guests blacked-up and went as a Rastafarian. This is probably why this particular book was never adapted for the TV series.series.
* BrandX: For ''The Riddle of the Third Mile'', Dexter wanted to include the goings-on in an Oxford college. Mindful of not wanting to offend any actual colleges by portraying them as hotbeds of murderous intrigued (especially given that he was still working for Oxford University at the time), he ''invented'' a college -- Lonsdale. This was later [[{{Retcon}} retconned]] to be Morse's old college. Thus began the Morseverse's tradition of using invented college names, to the point where there are now [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fictional_Oxford_colleges#Inspector_Morse over twenty of them]].
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* BrandX: For ''The Riddle of the Third Mile'', Dexter wanted to include the goings-on in an Oxford college. Mindful of not wanting to offend any actual colleges by portraying them as hotbeds of murderous intrigued (especially given that he was still working for Oxford University at the time), he ''invented'' a college -- Lonsdale. This was later [[{{Retcon}} retconned]] to be Morse's old college. Thus began the Morseverse's tradition of using invented college names, to the point where there are now [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fictional_Oxford_colleges#Inspector_Morse over twenty of them]].
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* ChivalrousPervert: Morse, so very much.
* CrosswordPuzzle: Morse loves cryptic crosswords -- a trait 'inherited' from his creator. These feature regularly in the books.
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* CrosswordPuzzle: Morse loves cryptic crosswords -- a trait 'inherited' from his creator. These feature regularly in thebooks.books; sometimes, the clues relate to the plot.
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* {{Retcon}}: Once the [[Series/InspectorMorse TV series]] got going, Dexter changed a few details...
** He started writing with John Thaw and Kevin Whateley (the actors who played Morse and Lewis) in mind, to the point of retconning Lewis who was originally older than Morse, and Welsh.
** Morse switched from driving a Lancia to a Jaguar.
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* UsefulNotes/Oxbridge: Of course.
* {{Retcon}}: Morse was originally said to have attended the real-life St. John's College, but after Dexter created the fictional Lonsdale College, Morse became a former student of that one instead.
** Once the [[Series/InspectorMorse TV series]] got going, Dexter changed a few more details...
** *** He started writing with John Thaw and Kevin Whateley (the actors who played Morse and Lewis) in mind, to the point of retconning Lewis who was originally older than Morse, and Welsh.
** *** Morse switched from driving a Lancia to a Jaguar.
* {{Retcon}}: Morse was originally said to have attended the real-life St. John's College, but after Dexter created the fictional Lonsdale College, Morse became a former student of that one instead.
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* WriteWhatYouKnow: Like his creator, Morse loves cryptic crosswords, English literature, classical music and real ale.
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* EmbarrassingFirstName: The reason why Morse is only ever known as "Morse". Even to his lovers -- in ''Service of All the Dead'', he tells his love interest that he will only tell her his first name ''after'' they've had sex; the novel ends with him unzipping her dress). His first name was not revealed until the end of the penultimate novel, ''Death is Now My Neighbour''. It has since become a classic example of ItWasHisSled, as it's something that was a mystery at the time but now everyone knows what it is.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: In ''Death is Now My Neighbour'', it is revealed that Morse is an old friend of Sir Paul Condon, who was the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police at the time of the novel's publication.
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* VillainessesWantHeroes: It's not just Morse who is occasionally susceptible to female suspects -- quite a few of them seem to lust after ''him''.
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* WrongGenreSavvy: In ''The Dead of Jericho'', Morse espouses the theory that the murderer was Creator/{{Sophocles}}. on the grounds that the whole scenario -- a woman dead, a young man blinded -- is a re-enactment of ''Theatre/OedipusTheKing''. [[spoiler: Turns out, he's wrong.]]
* WouldHurtAChild: The murderer in ''Service of All the Dead'', whose victims include a schoolboy.
* WrongGenreSavvy: In ''The Dead of Jericho'', Morse espouses the theory that the murderer was Creator/{{Sophocles}}. on the grounds that the whole scenario -- a woman dead, a young man blinded -- is a re-enactment of ''Theatre/OedipusTheKing''. [[spoiler: Turns out, he's wrong.]]
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* DeadManWriting: As with Poirot in ''Literature/{{Curtain}}'', Morse leaves a mystery-explaining letter for Lewis which the latter reads after the former's death.
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* BadassDriver: Lewis's only vice is that he ''loves'' driving fast. More than once, Morse allows him to indulge this.
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* CreatorPreferredAdaptation: Once the [[Series/InspectorMorse TV series]] got going, Dexter started writing with John Thaw and Kevin Whateley (the actors who played Morse and Lewis) in mind, and even made a few changes to suit to show, such as retconning Lewis to be younger than Morse, and having the latter drive a Jaguar instead of a Lancia.
* EmbarrassingFirstName: The reason why Morse is only ever known as "Morse". Even to his lovers -- in ''Service of All the Dead'', he tells his love interest that he will only tell her his first name ''after'' they've had sex; the novel ends with him unzipping her dress). His first name was not revealed until the end of the penultimate novel, ''Death is Now My Neighbour''. It has since become a classic example of ItWasHisSled, as it's something that was a mystery at the time but now everyone knows what it is.
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* RunningGag: Morse's first name, which he never used and which was not revealed until the end of ''Death is Now My Neighbour''. Has since become a classic example of ItWasHisSled, as it's something that was a mystery at the time but now everyone knows what it is.
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** He started writing with John Thaw and Kevin Whateley (the actors who played Morse and Lewis) in mind, to the point of retconning Lewis who was originally older than Morse, and Welsh.
** Morse switched from driving a Lancia to a Jaguar.
* RunningGag:Morse's first name, which he never used The goings-on surrounding Lewis's (very) extended family.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Lewis loves fried egg andwhich was not revealed until the end of ''Death is Now My Neighbour''. Has since become a classic example of ItWasHisSled, as it's something that was a mystery at the time but now everyone knows what chips. His wife cooks it is.for him on a regular basis.
** He started writing with John Thaw and Kevin Whateley (the actors who played Morse and Lewis) in mind, to the point of retconning Lewis who was originally older than Morse, and Welsh.
** Morse switched from driving a Lancia to a Jaguar.
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A series of thirteen novels (and various short stories) written by Creator/ColinDexter which formed the basis of the TV series ''Series/InspectorMorse''.
In order of publication, the books are:
Here is the full list of Inspector Morse novels:
* ''Last Bus to Woodstock'' (1975)
* ''Last Seen Wearing'' (1976)
* ''The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn'' (1977)
* ''Service of All the Dead'' (1979) -- won the Crime Writers' Association Silver Dagger award
* ''The Dead of Jericho'' (1981) -- won the Crime Writers' Association Silver Dagger award; also the first Morse novel to be [[Series/InspectorMorse adapted for TV]]
* ''The Riddle of the Third Mile'' (1983)
* ''The Secret of Annexe 3'' (1986)
* ''The Wench is Dead'' (1989) -- won the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger award
* ''The Jewel That Was Ours'' (1991) -- based on the TV episode "The Wolvercote Tongue"
* ''The Way Through the Woods'' (1992) -- won the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger award
* ''Morse's Greatest Mystery'' (1993) -- short story collection
** The amount of short stories in it varies as several different versions were published.
** Dexter also wrote several other short stories featuring Morse that appeared in crime anthologies, newspapers and magazines and were not published anywhere else. Some of these can be found on the Internet.
* ''The Daughters of Cain'' (1994)
* ''Death is Now My Neighbour'' (1996) -- the one in which Morse's first name is finally revealed, albeit in somewhat different circumstances to the TV adaptation
* ''The Remorseful Day'' (1999) -- the one in which Morse dies
!!The following tropes appear in the books:
* {{Blackface}}: Forms a key plot point in ''The Secret of Annexe 3'' which is about a murder that happened during a fancy dress party in a hotel; one of the guests blacked-up and went as a Rastafarian. This is probably why this particular book was never adapted for the TV series.
* CelebrityParadox: The bar at Oxford's Randolph Hotel, a favoured hang-out of Morse's, has since been named the Inspector Morse Bar.
* ChivalrousPervert: Morse, so very much.
* CreatorPreferredAdaptation: Once the [[Series/InspectorMorse TV series]] got going, Dexter started writing with John Thaw and Kevin Whateley (the actors who played Morse and Lewis) in mind, and even made a few changes to suit to show, such as retconning Lewis to be younger than Morse, and having the latter drive a Jaguar instead of a Lancia.
* CrosswordPuzzle: Morse loves cryptic crosswords -- a trait 'inherited' from his creator. These feature regularly in the books.
* DatingCatwoman: Morse is not averse to getting (or trying to get) romantically involved with female suspects.
* MyLocal: Many of the pubs Morse goes to (and he goes to ''a lot'' of pubs) are RealLife ones in Oxford.
* RunningGag: Morse's first name, which he never used and which was not revealed until the end of ''Death is Now My Neighbour''. Has since become a classic example of ItWasHisSled, as it's something that was a mystery at the time but now everyone knows what it is.
* VillainessesWantHeroes: It's not just Morse who is occasionally susceptible to female suspects -- quite a few of them seem to lust after ''him''.
In order of publication, the books are:
Here is the full list of Inspector Morse novels:
* ''Last Bus to Woodstock'' (1975)
* ''Last Seen Wearing'' (1976)
* ''The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn'' (1977)
* ''Service of All the Dead'' (1979) -- won the Crime Writers' Association Silver Dagger award
* ''The Dead of Jericho'' (1981) -- won the Crime Writers' Association Silver Dagger award; also the first Morse novel to be [[Series/InspectorMorse adapted for TV]]
* ''The Riddle of the Third Mile'' (1983)
* ''The Secret of Annexe 3'' (1986)
* ''The Wench is Dead'' (1989) -- won the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger award
* ''The Jewel That Was Ours'' (1991) -- based on the TV episode "The Wolvercote Tongue"
* ''The Way Through the Woods'' (1992) -- won the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger award
* ''Morse's Greatest Mystery'' (1993) -- short story collection
** The amount of short stories in it varies as several different versions were published.
** Dexter also wrote several other short stories featuring Morse that appeared in crime anthologies, newspapers and magazines and were not published anywhere else. Some of these can be found on the Internet.
* ''The Daughters of Cain'' (1994)
* ''Death is Now My Neighbour'' (1996) -- the one in which Morse's first name is finally revealed, albeit in somewhat different circumstances to the TV adaptation
* ''The Remorseful Day'' (1999) -- the one in which Morse dies
!!The following tropes appear in the books:
* {{Blackface}}: Forms a key plot point in ''The Secret of Annexe 3'' which is about a murder that happened during a fancy dress party in a hotel; one of the guests blacked-up and went as a Rastafarian. This is probably why this particular book was never adapted for the TV series.
* CelebrityParadox: The bar at Oxford's Randolph Hotel, a favoured hang-out of Morse's, has since been named the Inspector Morse Bar.
* ChivalrousPervert: Morse, so very much.
* CreatorPreferredAdaptation: Once the [[Series/InspectorMorse TV series]] got going, Dexter started writing with John Thaw and Kevin Whateley (the actors who played Morse and Lewis) in mind, and even made a few changes to suit to show, such as retconning Lewis to be younger than Morse, and having the latter drive a Jaguar instead of a Lancia.
* CrosswordPuzzle: Morse loves cryptic crosswords -- a trait 'inherited' from his creator. These feature regularly in the books.
* DatingCatwoman: Morse is not averse to getting (or trying to get) romantically involved with female suspects.
* MyLocal: Many of the pubs Morse goes to (and he goes to ''a lot'' of pubs) are RealLife ones in Oxford.
* RunningGag: Morse's first name, which he never used and which was not revealed until the end of ''Death is Now My Neighbour''. Has since become a classic example of ItWasHisSled, as it's something that was a mystery at the time but now everyone knows what it is.
* VillainessesWantHeroes: It's not just Morse who is occasionally susceptible to female suspects -- quite a few of them seem to lust after ''him''.
