Middle aged Jess Copplestone is left to look after the elderly relatives of her husband Jacob and to make a new life for herself, after he leaves her for a younger woman
Inspector Robert Lewis and Sergeant James Hathaway solve the tough cases that the learned inhabitants of Oxford throw at them
Chief Inspector Morse has an ear for Western classical music, a taste for beer, and a nose for crime He and Detective Sergeant Robert Lewis solve intriguing cases in and around the Oxford area