Jewel That Was Ours (Inspector Morse Book 9)

"Superbly clue-laden...A complex and satisfying puzzle."
THE BOSTON SUNDAY GLOBE
The case seems so simple, Inspector Morse deemed it beneath his notice. A wealthy, elderly American tourist has a heart attack in her room at Oxford's luxurious Randolph Hotel. Missing from the scene is the lady's handbag, which contained the Wolvercote Tongue, a priceless jewel that her late husband had bequeathed to the Ashmolean Museum just across the street. Morse proceeds to spend a great deal of time thinking--and drinking--in the hotel's bar, certain the solution is close at hand--until conflicting stories, suspicious doings, and a real murder convince him otherwise....
"It is a delight to watch this brilliant, quirky man [Morse] deduce."
MINNEAPOLIS STAR & TRIBUNE

• The Way Through the Woods (Inspector Morse Book 10)
• The Riddle of the Third Mile (Inspector Morse Series Book 6)
• Death Is Now My Neighbor (Inspector Morse Book 12)
• The Remorseful Day (Inspector Morse Book 13)
• Service of All the Dead (Inspector Morse Series Book 4)
• Daughters of Cain (Inspector Morse Book 11)
• Morse's Greatest Mystery and Other Stories (Inspector Morse)