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Daughters of Cain Mass market paperbound - 1996

by Colin Dexter

The enormously popular Inspector Morse series continues with his most exciting--and baffling--mystery yet. Dr. Felix McClure, late of Wolsey College, has been stabbed to death. What is the connection between his murder and three very different women?


From the publisher

"Audacious and amusing . . . may be the best book yet in this deservedly celebrated series."--The Wall Street Journal

It was only the second time Inspector Morse had ever taken over a murder enquiry after the preliminary--invariably dramatic--discovery and sweep of the crime scene. Secretly pleased to have missed the blood and gore, Morse and the faithful Lewis go about finding the killer who stabbed Dr. Felix McClure, late of Wolsey College. In another part of Oxford, three women--a housecleaner, a schoolteacher, and a prostitute--are playing out a drama that has long been unfolding. It will take much brain work, many pints, and not a little anguish before Morse sees the startling connections between McClure's death and the daughters of Cain. . . . Praise for The Daughters of Cain "Very cleverly constructed. . . Dexter writes with an urbanity and range of reference that is all his own."--Los Angeles Times "You don't really know Morse until you've read him. . . . Viewers who have enjoyed British actor John Thaw as Morse in the PBS Mystery! anthology series should welcome the deeper character development in Dexter's novels."--Chicago Sun-Times

"A masterful crime writer whom few others match."--Publishers Weekly

From the jacket flap

"AUDACIOUS AND AMUSING. . . MAY BE THE BEST BOOK YET IN THIS DESERVEDLY CELEBRATED SERIES."
--The Wall Street JournalIt was only the second time Inspector Morse had ever taken over a murder enquiry after the preliminary--invariably dramatic--discovery and sweep of the crime scene. Secretly pleased to have missed the blood and gore, Morse and the faithful Lewis go about finding the killer who stabbed Dr. Felix McClure, late of Wolsey College. In another part of Oxford, three women--a housecleaner, a schoolteacher, and a prostitute--are playing out a drama that has long been unfolding. It will take much brain work, many pints, and not a little anguish before Morse sees the startling connections between McClure's death and the daughters of Cain. . . .
"VERY CLEVERLY CONSTRUCTED. . . Dexter writes with an urbanity and range of reference that is all his own."--Los Angeles Times
"YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW MORSE UNTIL YOU'VE READ HIM. . . . Viewers who have enjoyed British actor John Thaw as Morse in the PBS'Mystery!' anthology series should welcome the deeper character development in Dexter's novels."
--Chicago Sun-Times"A MASTERFUL CRIME WRITER WHOM FEW OTHERS MATCH."
--Publishers Weekly

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  • Title Daughters of Cain
  • Author Colin Dexter
  • Binding Mass Market Paperbound
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Fawcett Books, New York
  • Date 1996-03-02
  • ISBN 9780804113649 / 0804113645
  • Weight 0.35 lbs (0.16 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.84 x 4.7 x 0.95 in (17.37 x 11.94 x 2.41 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: British
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 97813932
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Citations

  • Publishers Weekly, 03/11/1996, Page 0

About the author

Colin Dexter twice won the Gold Dagger Award, the Crime Writers' Association's honor for the best novel of the year. He was the author of many novels, novellas, and short stories featuring Inspector Morse. He died in 2017.
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