- During an ecumenical conference in formerly Catholic St. Gerard's college, the poisoning of a female black American bishop triggers a series of bizarre murders.
- An American bishop attending a multi-denominational meeting at the heavily Catholic St. Gerard's College dies after drinking poisoned wine but the CCTV footage at her hotel shows that the cowled figure delivering the wine probably intended it for retired policeman Barry Winter,who is also murdered. Father Moreno Mancini is stepping down as college head and the candidates to replace him include staunchly Catholic Brother Blackmore,open-minded Professor Pinnock and free-thinking new broom Caroline Hope,partner of ex-con turned author Al Darrow. The fourth candidate Jeremy Swain becomes the next victim,a note declaring Wild Justice pinned to his chest. Outright rivalry to be Father Mancini's successor is ruled out when it is revealed that one of the candidates committed a murder as a child and was given a new name after serving their sentence. It seems that a relative of the victim has tracked them down and is seeking their own wild justice.—don @ minifie-1
- DI Lewis and DS Hathaway investigate the murder of American Bishop Helen Parsons who was in Oxford attending an interfaith colloquium at St. Gerard's College. She died on a picnic apparently from poisoned wine, a label that is bottled by friars at the college. From all accounts, the Bishop was well liked and seemingly had no enemies. The college was in the process of selecting a new head and several candidates have presented themselves. One of them is soon found dead. When the police conclude that the poisoned wine was destined to Barry Winter, a retired policeman who had been seen in Oxford in the few days before Parsons death, the police try to determine what, if anything, the principals have in common. The solution lies in a 30 year-old crime. Meanwhile Hathaway is thinking of leaving the police and returning to his religious studies.—garykmcd
- At an ecumenical conference a female Bishop is murdered, poisoned. Shortly afterwards another clergyman, a candidate for the head of the college, is found murdered. There is a fair amount of rivalry and philosophical differences between the different clerics so the suspicion is that one of them did it. However, what if the female bishop wasn't the intended victim?—grantss
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