Morse's Greatest Mystery
Morse's Greatest Mystery and Other Stories is a book by Colin Dexter. First published in 1993, it is a collection of eleven short stories, six of which feature Inspector Morse. In 1996, Dexter received a Macavity Award for Best Mystery Short Story for "Evans Tries an O-Level". The collection was also published under the title As Good as Gold in 1994 as a special paperback edition, commissioned by Kodak.
Contents
- "As Good as Gold" (Morse)
- "Morse's Greatest Mystery" (Morse)
- "Evans Tries an O-Level"
- "Dead as a Dodo" (Morse)
- "At the Lulu-Bar Motel"
- "Neighbourhood Watch" (Morse)
- "A Case of Mis-Identity" (a Sherlock Holmes pastiche)
- "The Inside Story" (Morse)
- "Monty's Revolver"
- "The Carpet-Bagger"
- "Last Call" (Morse)
Publication history
- 1993 London: Macmillan ISBN 0-333-59690-0, Pub date 5 November 1993, Hardcover; without "As Good as Gold"
- 1994 London: Pan Books ISBN 0-330-33475-1, Pub date 4 March 1994, Paperback; without "As Good as Gold"
- 1994 London: Macmillan ISBN 0-333-62773-3, Pub date 2 December 1994, Paperback, 240p.; without "As Good as Gold"
- 1994 London: Pan, Pub date 1994, Paperback, 282p.; as As Good as Gold, special edition, commissioned by Kodak
- 1995 London: Pan Books ISBN 0-330-34025-5, Pub date 7 April 1995, Paperback
- 1995 New York : Crown Publishers ISBN 0-517-79992-8, Pub date 14 November 1995, Hardcover; First US edition
- 1996 New York: Fawcett ISBN 0-8041-1309-2, Pub date 2 November 1996, Paperback
- 1998 London: Pan Books ISBN 0-330-37642-X, Pub date 1998, Paperback; Promotional edition which only includes "Morse's Greatest Mystery", "Evans Tries an O-Level", "Dead as a Dodo", "At the Lulu Bar Motel", "Neignbourhood Watch" and "A Case of Mis-Identity".
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Inspector Morse by Colin Dexter
- Last Bus to Woodstock (1975)
- Last Seen Wearing (1976)
- The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn (1977)
- Service of All the Dead (1979)
- The Dead of Jericho (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 Neighbour (1996)
- The Remorseful Day (1999)
- Morse's Greatest Mystery (1993)
- Inspector Morse
- Lewis
- Endeavour
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