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Simon Tolkien was a successful Criminal Justice barrister in London specializing in serious crimes before moving to California with his wife and two children to take up writing full time. He has been acclaimed as a naturally gifted storyteller with a terrific command of language and a unique perception into the darker sides of human nature. The grandson of J.R.R. Tolkien, with whom he had a very special relationship, Simon Tolkienâs writing is set firmly in this world.
<p>âCompulsively readable. Crafted with cunning and imbued with menace.â â <strong>Richmond Times Dispatch</strong></p>
<p>âSimon Tolkien has once again written a gripping and nuanced thriller laced with historical detail, treachery, and his signature writing style -a uniquely suspenseful blend that the <em>Los Angeles Times</em> called âhalf Christie and half Grisham.ââ</p>
David Swain is two years into his life sentence for murdering the lover of his ex-girlfriend, Katya Osman. In the dead of night, he escapes from prison. Hours later, Katya is found murdered in her uncleâs home, Blackwater Hall.
Having first brought Swain to justice two years earlier, Inspector Trave of the Oxford police heads the manhunt. Once Swain is recaptured and put on trial for his life, a guilty verdict seems guaranteed.
But Traveâs investigation has taken an unexpected turn. Katyaâs uncle is a rich diamond dealer with a grudge against Trave, and his sinister brother-in-law has gone to great lengths to create a new identity. Now convinced that they have arrested the wrong man, and with personal scores to settle, Trave must risk everything he holds dear to bring his unlikely target to justice.
David Swain is two years into his life sentence for murdering the lover of his ex-girlfriend, Katya Osman. In the dead of night, he escapes from prison. Hours later, Katya is found murdered in her uncleâs home, Blackwater Hall.
âą The grandson of J.R.R. Tolkien is a naturally gifted storyteller with a flair for crafting multi-layered and engaging crime thrillers, proving that he is a master of suspense.
âą Writes with the sharp incisiveness and insiderâs perspective of a professional barrister.
âą Skilfully blends elements of the classic whodunit, suspense novel and historical fiction.
Competition: the;inheritance;final witness;no manâs land;doll factory;big sky;orders from berlin;a song for the dark times. Agatha Christie;John Grisham;ian rankin;paula hawkins;ann cleeves;kate atkinson;bram stoker;anthony horowitz;robert galbraith;louise doughty;david baldacci
Product details
Biographical note
Simon Tolkien was a successful Criminal Justice barrister in London specializing in serious crimes before moving to California with his wife and two children to take up writing full time. He has been acclaimed as a naturally gifted storyteller with a terrific command of language and a unique perception into the darker sides of human nature. The grandson of J.R.R. Tolkien, with whom he had a very special relationship, Simon Tolkienâs writing is set firmly in this world.