Bizarre and bewildering that's what so many murder investigations in the past
had proved to be . . . In this respect, at least, Lewis was correct in his
thinking. What he could not have known was what unprecedented anguish the
present case would cause to Morse's soul. Chief Superintendent Strange's opinion
was that too little progress had been made since the discovery of a corpse in a
North Oxford flat. The victim had been killed by a single stab wound to the
stomach. Yet the police had no weapon, no suspect, no motive. Within days of
taking over the case Chief Inspector Morse and Sergeant Lewis uncover startling
new information about the life and death of Dr Felix McClure. When another body
is discovered Morse suddenly finds himself with rather too many suspects. For
once, he can see no solution. But then he receives a letter containing a
declaration of love . . .