The Weight of the Evidence

Meteorites fall from the sky, but seldom onto the heads of science dons in redbrick universities; yet this is what happens to Professor Pluckrose of Nestfield University. Inspector Appleby soon discovers that the meteorite was not fresh and that the professor's deckchair had been placed underneath a large, accessible tower—he already knew something of academic jealousies, but he was to find out a great deal more.