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 victims handbag...
Then, two days later, a naked and battered corpse is dragged from the River Cherwell.
