They called her the Swedish Maiden - the beautiful young tourist who disappeared on a hot summer's day somewhere in North Oxford.
Twelve months later the case remains unsolved - pending further developments - at Thames Valley CID.
On holiday in Lyme Regis, Cheif Inspector Morse is startled to read a tantalising article in The Times about the missing woman. An article which lures him back towards Wytham Woods near Oxford . . .
. . . and straight into the most extraordinary murder investigation of Morse's career.