FelixMcClure,anOxfordUniversityprofessor,isstabbedtodeathinhiscollegestudyNotonlywasheanexpertinhisfieldbuthewasoneoftheUniversity'skeyfundraisersTheinvestigationfocusesonBrooks,aonetimecleanerforMcClurewhoquithiscollegejobabruptlyafterastudent,MathewRodway,jumpedoutofacollegewindowhighondrugsWhenMorselearnsthatBrooks'daughterwastheobjectofaffectionforbothRodwayandanotherstudent,hehasanotherpossiblesuspectBrooks'wifealsoworkedforoneofMcClure'sfriendsandMorseuncoversaconspiracythathemaynotbeabletoprove