INSPECTOR Morse author Colin Dexter insists he will definitely not write another of the hit novels - because he has killed enough people already.

Mr Dexter, 67, who lives in Oxford, said today: "Seventy-five people have been killed off. I have made Oxford the murder capital of Europe."

Veteran actor John Thaw confirmed he is finishing as Britain's favourite TV detective - because he is bored.

Thaw, 56, who has starred as Inspector Morse for 13 years, said: "I can't get enthusiastic for it, so it's time to go. We have done all the Colin Dexter books that are worth filming.

"They would have to get another writer to create a story and why bother doing that?"

Thaw will make one more two-hour Morse programme based on the book The Wench Is Dead.

"It is the last one we can do really," he said.

Mr Dexter added: "It is not a question of quitting - it is just a question that we have come to the end.

"We have done enough and killed enough people off now. We also feel we want to go out at the top."

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