The Riddle of the Third Mile (Inspector Morse Series #6)

"[Morse is] the most prickly, conceited, and genuinely brilliant detective since Hercule Poirot."
—The New York Times Book Review

Inspector Morse isn't sure what to make of the truncated body found dumped in the Oxford Canal, but he suspects it may be all that's left of an elderly Oxford don last seen boarding the London train several days before. Whatever the truth, the inspector knows it won't be simple—it never is. As he retraces Professor Browne-Smith's route through a London net…