A body washes up in Chirwell river and it appears, to match the description of a Dr Richard Nielsan who has been missing for a short while.
DC Morse is expecting the results of his Sergeants exam, but CS Bright has to inform him that according to County Records, "a number of exam papers failed to turn up for marking, as his wasn't received it was adhjucated that meant he'd failed, better luck next time".
Another body that of a young woman turns up drowned in the slipper baths, it's assumed by police to be an accident, but the body of a young lad is later found in the same pool, differences being that he couldn't swim, and that he'd been drown elsewhere. A young women reporter on the local rag who had reported on the case was found drowned, in circumstances that link her death with the case.
A prestigious international chess tournament has come to Oxford between GB and Russia, involving a supercomputer and Morse, is seconded to provide police assistance at the event, because of his at least meagre Russian.
DC Morse is expecting the results of his Sergeants exam, but CS Bright has to inform him that according to County Records, "a number of exam papers failed to turn up for marking, as his wasn't received it was adhjucated that meant he'd failed, better luck next time".
Another body that of a young woman turns up drowned in the slipper baths, it's assumed by police to be an accident, but the body of a young lad is later found in the same pool, differences being that he couldn't swim, and that he'd been drown elsewhere. A young women reporter on the local rag who had reported on the case was found drowned, in circumstances that link her death with the case.
A prestigious international chess tournament has come to Oxford between GB and Russia, involving a supercomputer and Morse, is seconded to provide police assistance at the event, because of his at least meagre Russian.