Inspector Lewis investigates the death of a brilliant young maths student at Oxford University.

Lewis and Hathaway are thrown into a delicate case involving one of the Oxford University's most prominent figures.

Lewis comes face to face with his past in a case driven by celebrity, scheming, and dangerous sexual politics.

When an Oxford housewife is found hanged in her home, Lewis and Hathaway unearth a far darker murder case than the initial suicide verdict suggests.