Denied a promotion, Morse finds himself partnered with Lewis, a man uncertain how to assess his new superior. Their first case is a murder: Anne Staveley, a friend of Morse’s from their shared choral society, has been discovered hanged in h…

A leak within Oxford's Foreign Examination Syndicate has brought the sale of exam secrets to light. Nicholas Quinn, a member of the board, inadvertently overhears a conversation he shouldn't, and is soon found dead in his cottage, a victim …

Detective Inspector Morse finds himself investigating a murder committed within the serene confines of a venerable country church. The setting is hardly one for violence, and the suspects – a vicar and his devoted, unpaid assistants – seem …