The Jewel That Was Ours

The Jewel That Was Ours
Cover of the first edition
Author Colin Dexter
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Series Inspector Morse series, #9
Genre crime novel
Publisher Macmillan
Publication date
11 July 1991
Media type Print (Hardcover)
Pages 224p.
ISBN 0-333-55911-8
OCLC 59891508
Preceded by The Wench Is Dead
Followed by The Way Through the Woods

The Jewel That Was Ours is a crime novel by Colin Dexter, the ninth novel in Inspector Morse series.

An American tourist is found dead in her room at the Randolph Hotel, and her prized and very expensive piece of antique jewellery (The Wolvercote Tongue) has been stolen. Two days later a battered and naked corpse is dragged from the River Cherwell. Morse is sure there is a connection and uncovers a complex plot of revenge.

The episode of the Inspector Morse TV series which corresponds to the novel is entitled The Wolvercote Tongue (screened season 2, 1987).

Publication history

  • 1991, London: Macmillan ISBN 0-333-43139-1, Pub date 11 July 1991, Hardback
  • 1992, New York: Crown Publishers ISBN 0-517-58847-1, Pub date 24 March 1992, Hardback
  • Bishop, David, The Complete Inspector Morse: From the Original Novels to the TV Series London: Reynolds & Hearn (2006) ISBN 1-905287-13-5
  • Bird, Christopher, The World of Inspector Morse: A Complete A-Z Reference for the Morse Enthusiast Foreword by Colin Dexter, London: Boxtree (1998) ISBN 0-7522-2117-5


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