Michael Innes, pseudonimo di J.I.M. Stewart, è stato un acclamato autore che ha navigato il genere giallo con eccezionale abilità. Le sue opere si distinguono non solo per le loro intricate trame, ma anche per la loro profondità intellettuale e allusioni letterarie. La maestria di Stewart nel creare personaggi complessi e ambientazioni immersive consolida la sua reputazione di narratore avvincente. I suoi gialli offrono ai lettori più che semplici enigmi; sono profonde esplorazioni della natura umana e delle complessità sociali.
During the bleak days of WWII, Inspector Appleby finds himself stranded on a tropical island in the South Pacific after a shipwreck, where he encounters an odd assortment of colonial expatriates, Eurasians, and natives. Though the surroundings are pleasant, ominous events portend imminent disaster on this quiet refuge.
When mad recluse Ranald Guthrie the laird of Erchany, falls from the ramparts of his castle on a wild winter night, Appleby discovers the doom that shrouded his life, and the grim legends of the bleak and nameless hamlets, in a tale that emanates sheer terror and suspense.
America's wars after the 9/11 attacks were marked by a political obsession with terrorist 'sanctuaries' and 'safe havens'. From mountain redoubts in Afghanistan to the deserts of Iraq, Washington's policy-makers maintained an unwavering focus on finding and destroying the refuges, bases and citadels of modern guerrilla movements, and holding their sponsors to account.This was a preoccupation embedded in nearly every official speech and document of the time, a corpus of material that offered a new logic for thinking about the world. As an exercise in political communication, it was a spectacular success. From 2001 to 2009, President George W. Bush and his closest advisors set terms of reference that cascaded down from the White House, through government and into the hearts and minds of Americans. 'Sanctuary' was the red thread running through all of it, permeating the decisions and discourses of the day.Where did this obsession come from? How did it become such an important feature of American political life? In this new political history, Michael A. Innes explores precedents, from Saigon to Baghdad, and traces how decision-makers and their advisors used ideas of sanctuary to redefine American foreign policy, national security, and enemies real and imagined.
During a walk to Elvedon House, palatial home of the Tythertons, Sir John Appleby and Chief Constable Colonel Pride are stunned to find a police van and two cars parked outside. Wealthy Maurice Tytherton has been found shot dead, and Appleby is faced with a number of suspects - Alice Tytherton, flirtatious, younger wife of the deceased; Egon Raffaello, disreputable art dealer; and the prodigal son, Mark Tytherton, who has just returned from Argentina. Could the death be linked to the robbery of some paintings several years ago?