The disappe arance of Sir Julius Hanbu ry - and the  theft of several of his ero tic paintings - provide a new puzz le for Morse t o solve . Assiste d by DS Lew is, Mo rse intervie ws everyo ne at Hanbury House and it  is in th e course of  searching the  grounds that he finds Si r Juliu s&#39 ; body, app ropriately  enough, in the fam ily mausoleum . The pathologi st notes tha t he was t he victi m of a frenzi ed attack but the lac k of blo od at scene lea ves the  police to conclude that  he murder ed elsewhere.  Sir Jul ius was a cand idate to become the Mas ter of an Oxf ord college and was known  to have a h ave had a  bitter riv alry with an other candidat e for the p osition. When R oger Meadows,  a frien d of the Hanbu ry&#3 9;s au pair, is killed in a car acciden t, Morse co ncludes that th at he too was m urdered. Jealous y, revenge and greed all p lay part i n the deaths .　　The dis appearance o f Sir Julius Ha nbury - and  the theft of se veral of  his erotic p aintings - pr ovi