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The Daughters of Cain
Cover of the first edition
AuthorColin Dexter
LanguageEnglish
SeriesInspector Morse series, #11
GenreCrime novel
PublisherMacmillan
Publication date
11 November 1994
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
Pages320
ISBN0-333-63004-1
OCLC31763316
823/.914 20
LC ClassPR6054.E96 D38 1994
Preceded byThe Way Through the Woods 
Followed byDeath 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

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