Hello Fred....
 
 FR> Actually, I consider the novels better than the TV 
 FR> versions that have come
 FR> out in the past several years.  The first Morse TV 
 FR> shows were quite good,
 FR> but there's now a different writer who just can't 
 FR> capture Morse's irascible
 FR> personality.
 FR> Many of the TV shows are not based on Dexter's 
 FR> novels, but are "based on
 FR> characters created by Dexter."  That weakens the TV 
 FR> shows in my estimation.
 
I have just finished "The Dead of Jerico"  and really enjoyed it.  I am glad 
to know that the PBS series is  only "based on " his characters. I was 
thinking I would hate to read one of the books and miss the excitement of the 
solving of the puzzle because I had seen it on TV!
 
Regards....Polly
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