Colin Dexter

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The British Are Coming! The British Are Coming! Part 1: Inspector Morse

2016 Articles, Kathleen Costa, Mysteryrat's Maze, TV

by Kathleen Costa

Paul Revere wouldn’t have been so worried had the British crossing to our shores been an army of detective dramas. He would have foregone his ride through the countryside, put on a pot of black-market tea and sat and enjoyed the invasion. He would have noticed a diversity in the era, setting and style of the lead detective and supporting team, but would have recognized that the programs shared the English twang, unique locations and intriguing characters. Paul would have become a convert!

Endeavour: TV Review

2014 Articles, Mysteryrat's Maze, TV

by Bobbi A. Chukran

Since it aired on our local PBS station, we've enjoyed the Masterpiece Mystery Endeavour crime drama series. A prequel to the Inspector Morse series, also set in Oxford, the series focuses on the detective’s early career and is based on the Colin Dexter novels.

Murder Most Academic: Mysteries Set in Oxford, Cambridge & New York

2013 Articles, Mysteryrat's Maze, Sharon Tucker

by Sharon Tucker

Check out the bounty of plots, characters and motives university life offers a writer of mysteries. Its heightened atmosphere is a microcosm peopled with heroes, forces of nature, demons, supplicants willing and unwilling, sorcerers and bean counters. It is an elite country which lauds, yet persecutes its citizens. To the initiated, the period of initiation never seems to end, evidenced by the necessity of publishing and taking on the administrative duty of turf protection.