For Oxford, the arrival of twenty-seven American tourists is nothing out of the ordinary… until one of their number is found dead in Room 310 at the Randolph Hotel. It looks like a sudden – and tragic – accident. Only Chief Inspector Morse appears not to overlook the simultaneous theft of a jewel-encrusted antique from the victim’s handbag… Then, two days later, a naked and battered corpse is dragged from the River Cherwell. A coincidence? Maybe. But this time Morse is determined to prove the link…..

          Colin Dexter is a multi-winner of The Silver Dagger Award. Acclaimed as the successor of Agatha Christie – a master of the crime novel.