The Daughters of Cain

 The New Inspector Morse Novel by Colin Dexter. 1994

I may have read this before, but I didn't remember it. The Way Through the Woods was the previous Morse novel. It won the Gold Dagger award.  In the television series, Morse, the character was portrayed by John Thaw. I could probably read all the Colin Dexter novels again, they are so well-written.