Morse's Greatest Mystery and Other Stories — Colin Dexter

In short mysteries so brilliantly plotted they'll confound the cleverest of souls, Inspector Morse remains as patient as a cat at a mouse hole in the face of even the most resourceful evildoers. Muldoon, for instance, the one-legged bomber with one fatal weakness... the quartet of lovers whose bizarre entanglements Morse deciphers only after a beautiful woman is murdered... and those artful dodgers who catch the cunning and very respectful Morse--with his pants down. There are mysteries featuring new characters and some familiar ones, including the great Sherlock Holmes, and a royal flush of American crooks.