When British Intelligence Officer Tracy Barnes attacks visiting German politician Dieter Krause, solicitor's clerk Joshua Mantle is called to help unravel the events which led to the assault.
We're in an English village shortly before Dunkirk. "Mr. Tom" Oakley still broods over the death of his wife and small son while he was away in the navy during WWI, and grief has made him a surly hermit. Now children evacuated from London are overwhelming volunteers to house them. Practically under protest, Mr. Tom takes in a painfully quiet 10-year-old, who gradually reveals big problems.
Advogado vai a uma pequena cidade para lidar com o funeral e os bens da fantasmagórica viúva Alice Drablow. Instalado na casa dela, ele passa a ser atormentado por barulhos e visitas terríveis. Gradualmente, junta as peças do quebra-cabeça que envolve o terrível segredo da família Drablow, que leva a um desfecho chocante.
Século XVII. Tom Dobb se vê envolvido pela confusão gerada pela Guerra da Independência dos Estados Unidos. Ele e seu filho Ned procuram se manter alheios ao conflito, mas quando o jovem é convocado a lutar contra a Inglaterra o pai entra na guerra também.
When one of Regan's snouts complains that his girlfriend's recent suicide was murder, the flying squad detective feels compelled to investigate. He uncovers a conspiracy that reaches the heart of the government, and finds himself fitted up, suspended and under the scrutiny of Special Branch.
