Henry Carter Hull

Detective Chief Inspector Morse of the Thames Valley Police investigates the discovery of two bodies in the same grim street of Jericho, an area in Oxford, England.

Chief Inspector Morse of the Thames Valley Police investigates a murder at the Haworth Hotel in Oxford.

Chief Inspector Morse, investigating the murder of a young woman in her North Oxford home, follows a winding trail that eventually leads him to the peaceful campus of Lonsdale College where two senior dons, aided by their ambitious wives, are vying for the Mastership of the school.