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Chief Inspector Morse follows a trail that starts with the shooting of a young woman in her North Oxford home and winds through tabloid journalists, Soho strip clubs, and back into the heart of academia. The investigation centers on the retirement of Lonsdale College’s Master and the clandestine rivalry between two senior dons, Denis Cornford and Julian Storrs, whose attempts to secure the position set off a chain of events that threaten the college’s peace. Morse and his partner, Sergeant Lewis, must determine whether ambition and power are worth the lethal cost.
First publish date: 1900
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Police Procedural
Authors: Colin Dexter
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