Eddie Stratton told Chief Inspector Morse that he'd gone up to room 310 to the Randolph hotel at about 5.20 p.m. But the door to the room had been shut, and when he'd knocked on it, his wife Laura had not replied. So he'd gone downstairs again to the hotel reception desk to get another key. When he'd finally entered the room, Eddie had found hi wife lying dead on the carpet. And he'd quickly noticed that her handbag was missing...