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"Beautifully idea-packed,A complicated and gratifying puzzle."THE BOSTON SUNDAY GLOBEThe situation appears so easy, Inspector Morse considered it beneath his notice. A rich, elderly American tourist includes a coronary attack in her space at Oxfordis magnificent Randolph Resort. Missing in the picture may be the woman's purse, which included the Wolvercote Tongue, a precious treasure that her late husband had bequeathed to the Ashmolean Museum just next door. Morse continues to invest a good deal of time considering--and drinking--in the hotel's club, particular the clear answer is near available--until inconsistent tales, dubious doings, and a genuine homicide persuade him otherwise,."It's a pleasure to view this amazing, cool guy [Morse] deduce."MINNEAPOLIS STAR & TRIBUNE