The Daughters of Cain

Bizarre and bewildering that's what so many murder investigations in the past had proved to be ... In this respect, at least, Lewis was correct in his thinking. What he could not have known was what unprecedented anguish the present case would cause to Morse's soul. The victim had been killed by a single stab wound to the stomach. Yet the police had no weapon, no suspect, no motive. When another body is discovered Morse suddenly finds himself with rather too many suspects. For once, he can see no solution. But then he receives a letter containing a declaration of love ...