The Way Through the Woods

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.

Winner of CWA Goldsboro Gold Dagger 1992 (UK)

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

Colin Dexter has won many awards for his novels, including the CWA Gold Dagger and Silver Dagger awards. In 1997 he was presented with the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger Award for outstanding services to crime literature. Colin's thirteenth and final Inspector Morse novel, The Remorseful Day, was published in 1999. He died in 2017 at his home in Oxford.

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