The disappearance of Sir Julius Hanbury - and the theft of several of his erotic paintings - provi[展开全部]
ThedisappearanceofSirJuliusHanbury-andthetheftofseveralofhiseroticpaintings-provideanewpuzzleforMorsetosolve.AssistedbyDSLewis,MorseinterviewseveryoneatHanburyHouseanditisinthecourseofsearchingthegroundsthathefindsSirJulius'body,appropriatelyenough,inthefamilymausoleum.Thepathologistnotesthathewasthevictimofafrenziedattackbutthelackofbloodatsceneleavesthepolicetoconcludethathemurderedelsewhere.SirJuliuswasacandidatetobecometheMasterofanOxfordcollegeandwasknowntohaveahavehadabitterrivalrywithanothercandidatefortheposition.WhenRogerMeadows,afriendoftheHanbury'saupair,iskilledinacaraccident,Morseconcludesthatthathetoowasmurdered.Jealousy,revengeandgreedallplaypartinthedeaths.[收起部分]