''Morse's Greatest Mystery and Other Stories'' is a book by

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. First published in 1993, it is a collection of eleven short stories, six of which feature

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. In 1996, Dexter received a

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for Best Mystery Short Story for "Evans Tries an O-Level". The collection was also published under the title ''As Good as Gold'' in 1994 as a special paperback edition, commissioned by

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* "As Good as Gold" (Morse) * "Morse's Greatest Mystery" (Morse) * "Evans Tries an O-Level" * "Dead as a Dodo" (Morse) * "At the Lulu-Bar Motel" * "Neighbourhood Watch" (Morse) * "A Case of Mis-Identity" (a

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) * "The Inside Story" (Morse) * "Monty's Revolver" * "The Carpet-Bagger" * "Last Call" (Morse)

Publication history

*1993 London: Macmillan , Pub date 5 November 1993, Hardcover; without "As Good as Gold" *1994 London: Pan Books , Pub date 4 March 1994, Paperback; without "As Good as Gold" *1994 London: Macmillan , Pub date 2 December 1994, Paperback, 240p.; without "As Good as Gold" *1994 London: Pan, Pub date 1994, Paperback, 282p.; as ''As Good as Gold'', special edition, commissioned by Kodak *1995 London: Pan Books , Pub date 7 April 1995, Paperback *1995 New York : Crown Publishers , Pub date 14 November 1995, Hardcover; First US edition *1996 New York: Fawcett , Pub date 2 November 1996, Paperback *1998 London: Pan Books , Pub date 1998, Paperback; Promotional edition which only includes "Morse's Greatest Mystery", "Evans Tries an O-Level", "Dead as a Dodo", "At the Lulu Bar Motel", "Neignbourhood Watch" and "A Case of Mis-Identity". 1993 short story collections Crime short story collections Inspector Morse British short story collections {{1990s-story-collection-stub

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