The Wench Is Dead

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The Wench Is Dead is a crime novel in Colin Dexter’s Inspector Morse series, notable for its historical murder case investigated through modern detective work.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Inspector Morse novel
crime novel
detective novel
adaptedAs Inspector Morse
surface form: Inspector Morse television episode "The Wench Is Dead"
author Colin Dexter
awardFor best crime novel of the year
awardReceived Gold Dagger
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
featuresCharacter Chief Inspector Endeavour Morse
surface form: Chief Inspector Morse

Sergeant Robbie Lewis
surface form: Sergeant Lewis
genre crime fiction
mystery fiction
hasTheme historical investigation
re-examination of a miscarriage of justice
truth and evidence
literaryForm novel
mainCharacter Inspector Morse
narrativeDevice modern investigation of historical crime
narrativeFocus historical murder case
notableFor using a modern detective to investigate a Victorian-era crime
originalLanguage English
partOf British crime literature
protagonistOccupation police detective
publicationDecade 1980s
publisher Macmillan Publishers
surface form: Macmillan
series Inspector Morse
surface form: Inspector Morse series
setting Oxford
targetAudience adult readers
televisionAdaptationFeaturesActor John Thaw
televisionAdaptationFeaturesCharacter Inspector Morse

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Colin Dexter notableWork The Wench Is Dead
Norman Colin Dexter notableWork The Wench Is Dead
The Riddle of the Third Mile followedBy The Wench Is Dead