The Way Through the Woods is the tenth novel in Colin Dexter's Oxford-set detective series.

Quietly, rather movingly, Strange was making his plea: 'Christ knows why, Lewis, but Morse will always put himself out for you.' As he put the phone down, Lewis knew that Strange had been right . . . in the case of the Swedish Maiden, the pair of them were in business again . . .

They called her the Swedish Maiden - the beautiful young tourist who disappeared on a hot summer's day somewhere in North Oxford. Twelve months later the case remained unsolved - pending further developments.

On holiday in Lyme Regis, Chief Inspector Morse is startled to read a tantalizing article in The Times about the missing woman. An article which lures him back to Wytham Woods near Oxford . . . and straight into the most extraordinary murder investigation of his career.

The Way Through the Woods is followed by the eleventh Inspector Morse book, The Daughters of Cain.

Inspector Morse takes on another curious case in Colin Dexter's detective mystery series.

About the Author
Colin Dexter graduated from Cambridge University in 1953 and moved to Oxford in 1966, where he lived until his death in 2017. His first novel, Last Bus to Woodstock, was published in 1975. There are now thirteen novels in the series, of which The Remorseful Day is, sadly, the last. He won many awards for his novels, including the CWA Silver Dagger twice, and the CWA Gold Dagger for The Wench is Dead and The Way Through the Woods. In 1997 he was presented with the CWA Diamond Dagger for outstanding services to crime literature, and in 2000 was awarded the OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List. The Inspector Morse novels have been adapted for the small screen with huge success by Carlton/Central Television, starring John Thaw and Kevin Whately. Spin-offs from Dexter's much-loved novels also include the popular series, Lewis, featuring Morse's former sergeant, Robbie Lewis, and Endeavour, a prequel starring the young Endeavour Morse.

Reviews
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 *
A character who will undoubtedly retain his place as one of the most popular and enduring of fictional detectives -- P. D. James, The Sunday Telegraph
The writing is highly intelligent, the atmosphere melancholy, the effect haunting * The Daily Telegraph *
The triumph is the character of Morse * Times Literary Supplement *
Colin Dexter's superior crime-craft is enough to make lesser practitioners sick with envy * The Oxford Times *
[Morse is] the most prickly, conceited and genuinely brilliant detective since Hercule Poirot * The New York Times Book Review *


Awards
Winner of CWA Goldsboro Gold Dagger 1992 (UK).



Book Information
ISBN 9781035005451
Author Colin Dexter
Format Paperback
Page Count 432
Imprint Pan Books
Publisher Pan Macmillan
Weight(grams) 298g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 28mm