Definitely Morse, Green Fairy; I haven't read any Colin Dexter, but I did get some audio tapes from the library last Summer, narrated by the actor who plays Lewis.
They're so good - it sounds like Morse and everything.
You can watch an episode of Morse starring Sean Bean on Youtube.
Hi Scottishbookworm
You're a Rebus fan too, that's cool.
I remember reading Knots and Crosses when I was about fourteen, and I rented it out from the school library. My Nan got a bit, shall we say, worried about me reading his novels because I was fourteen and they were adult books.
Anyway, I sent an email to Ian Rankin asking what he thought. Lol.
He replied in his newsletter and said books are all part of growing up, and he read A Clockwork Orange when he was twelve!
Do you like books by Irvine Welsh? He's good too.