Simon Tolkien Knihy

A tale set in 1940 London marks the beginning of Detective Bill Trave's career and follows his investigation into an MI6 former chief's murder, which is linked to an assassination plot against Churchill.

From the slums of London to the riches of an Edwardian country house; from the hot, dark seams of a Yorkshire coalmine to the exposed terrors of the trenches, Adam Raine's journey from boy to man is set against the backdrop of a society violently entering the modern world. Adam Raine is a boy cursed by misfortune. His impoverished childhood in the slums of Islington is brought to an end by a tragedy that sends him north to Scarsdale, a hard-living coalmining town where his father finds work as a union organizer. But it isn't long before the escalating tensions between the miners and their employer, Sir John Scarsdale, explode with terrible consequences.In the aftermath, Adam meets Miriam, the Rector's beautiful daughter, and moves into Scarsdale Hall, an opulent paradise compared with the life he has been used to before. But he makes an enemy of Sir John's son, Brice, who subjects him to endless petty cruelties for daring to step above his station.When love and an Oxford education beckon, Adam feels that his life is finally starting to come together - until the outbreak of war threatens to tear everything apart.

From the acclaimed author of "The Inheritance" and grandson of J.R.R. Tolkien comes a sophisticated mystery layered with dark secrets from the past and slowburning suspense.

A famed Oxford historian is found dead in his study one night, all evidence pointing to his son, Stephen, who was about to be disinherited from the family fortune. When Stephen's fingerprints are found on the murder weapon, his guilt seems undeniable-- but then, the revelation that the deceased man was involved in a deadly hunt for a priceless relic in Northern France at the end of World War II lends credence to Stephen's innocence

This novel follows the course of the criminal trial of the beautiful and ambitious Greta Grahame, the stepmother of dreamy, bookish, 16-year-old Thomas. She stands accused of conspiring to murder Thomas's mother. The prosecution case depends heavily on the evidence given by Thomas.

È passato un anno da quando la madre è stata uccisa, ma il sedicenne ThomasRobinson non riesce a dimenticare. Perché quella notte lui c'era. Nascostodietro una libreria, ha visto e sentito tutto: gli assassini, gli spari, ilsangue. E non riesce a dimenticare perché lui in quell'antica dimora sullacosta del Suffolk, la Casa dei Quattro Venti, continua a viverci. Da solo. Ilpadre, noto e influente uomo politico, lo ha abbandonato a se stesso. Non èmai riuscito a perdonare che proprio suo figlio abbia avuto il coraggio dipuntare il dito contro la matrigna, Greta, accusandola di essere la mandantedell'omicidio.