Oxford, 2006: a young woman is found brutally murdered, her throat cut.her heart has been removed and in its place lies an apparently ancient gold coin. Twenty-four hours later, another woman is found. The mo is identica...Oxford, 2006: a young woman is found brutally murdered, her throat cut.her heart has been removed and in its place lies an apparently ancient gold coin. Twenty-four hours later, another woman is found. The mo is identical, except that this time her brain has been removed, and a silver coin lies glittering in the bowl of her skull.