When botanist Li Nash digs up the body of recently buried English Professor, Murray Hawes, Lewis and Hathaway are find themselves involved in an impossible quest. Murray was a man who was possessed with solving the riddle of Lewis Carroll's "The Hunting of the Snark". They soon find out that Murray had a rivalry with his brother, who is a lecturer in Theology and Moral Philosophy. They also have to deal with interference from Michelle Marber who is an amateur detective, who believes that that the hugger is local medical researcher Alex Falconer.

Lewis Season 6 Episodes...

• s06e01 - The Soul of Genius
• s06e02 - Generation of Vipers
• s06e03 - Fearful Symmetry
• s06e04 - The Indelible Stain

Lewis Show Summary

Inspector Lewis returns to Oxford from a two-year attachment overseas and is immediately imbroiled in the cuddle of an American student.

Soon the bodies begin to pile up as Lewis copes with a very bright assistant and a female boss who plainly doesn't have much respect for him.