The Daughters of Cain

The Daughters of Cain

Cover of the first edition
Author	Colin Dexter
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Series	Inspector Morse series, #11
Genre	Crime novel
Publisher	Macmillan
Publication date	11 November 1994
Media type	Print (Hardcover)
Pages	320
ISBN	0-333-63004-1
OCLC	31763316
Dewey Decimal	823/.914 20
LC Class	PR6054.E96 D38 1994
Preceded by	The Way Through the Woods
Followed by	Death Is Now My Neighbour

The Daughters of Cain is a crime novel by Colin Dexter. It is the eleventh novel in the Inspector Morse series.

Synopsis[]

The body of Dr Felix McClure, Ancient History don of Wolsey College, Oxford, is found in his flat. A brutal murder – a single stab to the stomach with a broad knife. The police have no weapon, no suspect and no motive. The case leads Morse into the path of Edward Brooks, who himself disappears following a museum theft. Then the weapon is found and there are suddenly too many suspects.

Adaptations[]

This novel was adapted for television in the Inspector Morse series, airing as The Daughters of Cain, the second episode in series 8 in 1996. The main roles of the detectives were the same actors as throughout the series, John Thaw as Chief Detective Morse and Kevin Whately as Detective Sergeant Lewis.

Publication history[]

• 1994, London: Macmillan ISBN 0-333-63004-1, Pub date 11 November 1994, Hardback

References[]

Further reading[]

• Bishop, David, The Complete Inspector Morse: From the Original Novels to the TV Series London: Reynolds & Hearn (2006) ISBN 1-905287-13-5

External links[]

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