Hardcover, 544 pages
Published by Macmillan.
Contents: 1. Last Bus to Woodstock: The death of Sylvia Kaye figured dramatically in Thursday afternoon's edition of the Oxford Mail. By Friday evening Morse had informed the nation that the police were looking for a dangerous man. 2. The Wench is Dead: As Inspector Morse begins his recovery from a perforated ulcer in Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital, he comes across an account of a murder committed over a hundred years before... 3. The Jewel That Was Ours: The sudden demise of an elderly American tourist in the Randolph Hotel marks the beginning of an especially frustrating and complex case for Inspector Morse and Sergeant Lewis.