The disappearance of Sir Julius Hanbury - and the theft of several of his erotic paintings - provide a new puzzle for Morse to solve. Assisted by DS Lewis, Morse interviews everyone at Hanbury House and it is in the course of searching the grounds that he finds Sir Julius' body, appropriately enough, in the family mausoleum. The pathologist notes that he was the victim of a frenzied attack but the lack of blood at scene leaves the police to conclude that he murdered elsewhere. Sir Julius was a candidate to become the Master of an Oxford college and was known to have a have had a bitter rivalry with another candidate for the position. When Roger Meadows, a friend of the Hanbury's au pair, is killed in a car accident, Morse concludes that that he too was murdered. Jealousy, revenge and greed all play part in the deaths.

剧情介绍： 《美人鱼》是06年在澳大利亚开播的一部青春奇幻剧，超过120个国家引进播放。故事讲述三个平凡的女孩无意间闯入一个古老的洞穴然后身体发生了奇异的变化变成了三条美人鱼，三个女孩意外得到魔力，碰到水会变成美人鱼，而且从此有了控制水的能力，一个能使水成形和移动（第二季还拥有控制风的能力），一个能让水结冰（第二季能使冰爆炸），一个能让水沸腾蒸发（第二季能使物体起火）。然而她们因为怕被送去海洋馆或者变成科学研究的实验品，要千方百计隐藏自己的秘密，同时还要找出自己为什么会变身的原因，这个过程有一些死党男生的帮助，不时会笑料百出

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