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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

Dewey Decimal

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 novelbyColin Dexter. It is the eleventh novel in the Inspector Morse series.

Synopsis[edit]

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[edit]

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 Detective Chief Inspector Morse and Kevin Whately as Detective Sergeant Lewis.

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