Oxford's Inspector Robert Lewis, protégé of the legendary Inspector Morse, works with his brilliant, but brooding partner, Detective Sergeant James Hathaway. The two try to find a link between a murder in Oxford's Bodleian Library; a burglary gone wrong leads from underground amateur boxing to the now-defunct East German Secret Police; the suicide of Hathaway's old friend test his relationship with Lewis; a case of rape and murder causes Lewis to lock horns with the town's elite; a fantasy author finds himself linked to an investigation of murder; the murder of an unpopular student-actor gives many potential suspects and motives; called to investigate a brutal murder, Hathaway's attention may be drifting elsewhere.

Title from set and disc containers. Inspired by the Inspector Morse novels of Colin Dexter. Originally broadcast as individual episodes on PBS television during the 2008 season. Set contains all 7 episodes from the second series.

Disc 1. And the moonbeams kiss the sea / screenplay by Alan Plater ; directed by Dan Reed -- Music to die for / screenplay by Dusty Hughes ; directed by Bill Anderson -- Disc 2. Life born of fire / screenplay by Tom MacRae ; directed by Richard Spence -- The great and the good / screenplay by Paul Rutman ; directed by Stuart Orme -- Disc 3. Allegory of love / screenplay by Stephen Churchett ; directed by Bill Anderson -- The quality of mercy / screenplay by Alan Plater ; directed by Billie Eltringham -- Disc 4. The point of vanishing / screenplay by Paul Rutman ; directed by Maurice Phillips.