The Oxford Murders

Utilizing logic and mathematical principles, there may always exist propositions that cannot be definitively proven as true or false. However, can this concept extend to the act of murder? For a young South American mathematician who ventures to Oxford, Godel's Theorem of Incompleteness is a familiar topic. But murder is not. Yet, before he even has a chance to settle in, he must bid farewell to his elderly landlady, who has been killed in her wheelchair. The only lead in the case is a puzzling symbol and the phrase "the first in the series". While this may not provide much information, it is enough to pique the interest of Arthur Seldom, a renowned expert in logic. In his well-known work on philosophy, he includes a chapter on serial killers. The murderer, it seems, has read it. And when a second victim, an elderly hospital patient, is killed, it becomes evident that the killer's methods are intentionally aimed at appealing to