By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University)
The British author Colin Dexter (1930-2017) is responsible for creating one of the most iconic fictional detectives: Endeavour Morse, known to millions around the world as ‘Inspector Morse’ (although Morse was always, in fact, already a Chief Inspector). Dexter’s novels, and the ITV drama series that they inspired, helped to make Oxford ‘the murder capital of the world’.