Blogs in January 1970

Equinox 1st January 1970

Oxford, 2006: a young woman is found brutally murdered, her throat cut.Her heart has been removed and in its place lies an apparently ancient gold coin. Twenty-four hours later, another woman is found. The MO is identical, except that...

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Last Bus to Woodstock 1st January 1970

Inspector Morse and Lewis tackle their first crime.

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The Dead of Jericho 1st January 1970

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Pantheon 1st January 1970

Set in 1940, James Zennor is an Oxford don who was wounded in the Spanish Civil War, and is in no fit state to fight the Nazis. His wife and son vanish and he eventually finds leads that take...

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An Instance of the Fingerpost 1st January 1970

The year is 1663, and the setting is Oxford, England, during the height of Restoration political intrigue. When Dr Robert Grove is found dead in his Oxford room, hands clenched and face frozen in a rictus of pain, all...

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