The Inheritance Audiobook (Unabridged)

" crime mystery thriller based in 1950's oxford where an art historian's son is on trial for his father's murder but the shadow of what happened in france in 1944 hangs shadows over the son's trial and the missing st peter's cross and the marjean codex . interesting and easy going read but felt however the ending was a bit rushed "

" Tolkien's latest thriller moves from a horrific crime perpetrated on a French family by two British soldiers during World War II and then straight into 1959, with the opening of a trial at the Old Bailey. Tolkien provides the kind of caustic portraits of judges and barristers and knowledge of the innermost cells of the Old Bailey that the late John Mortimer, also a barrister, delighted readers with in the Rumpole series. On trial is 22-year-old Stephen Cade, accused of shooting his estranged father in the head. The father was a war hero and then a well-heeled university professor. The son had motive: the father had just written him out of his will and denied him a requested sum of money. He had opportunity: he was, apparently, and by his own admission, with his father in his library. And his prints were on the gun that was found near the body. But something seems off to the officer in charge of the case. Detective Inspector William Trave of the Oxford CID uses the window of opportunity between trial and sentencing to trace the locked-room mystery back to its origins in France. Written with great surety and absolutely compelling. --Connie Fletcher "

" I saw an ad for this book and was curious. I liked Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien and I wanted to see if his grandson was as good. At first I didn't care for Simon Tolkien's narration in the prologue, but he got better (or maybe I just got used to his accent). I found this to be a very entertaining police procedural even though I was fairly sure of the culprit before the cop figured it out. "

" I absolutely loved this book. Kept me on my toes. "

" This was really good. Very suspenseful. Well written - just enough variety of characters to keep you guessing. "

" couldn't decide whether it was a 3 star book or a 4 star. i gave it the benefit of the doubt. it was a good book, very good in many parts. "

" When all the characters have something to hide, it's hard to figure out who killed Professor Cade. Fast-paced & fascinating, I enjoyed the historical twist and courtroom drama. "

" Very well written, great plot. Looking forward to more "

" Not bad, not great. A good murder mystery, but some of the sub-plots were weak and I would have liked to know more. "

" Pretty good mystery book. I certainly didn't figure out who it was until the end. Some violence/language. Not for the wee ones. "

" The author is the grandson of J.R. Tolkien and is therefore the reason for trying out this book. It was a good mystery and courtroom drama set in France and England. Did not grip and hold my attention as I would have liked but it was a good enough tale for me to go ahead and finish it. "

" This book is intricately plotted. In fact, it is so intricately plotted that I finished it so I could find out which dull, unlikeable character was lying to or double-crossing which other dull, unlikeable character all for unappealing motives. Save yourself and your weekend. Don't start. "

" Enjoyable WWII spy/thriller...As the grandson of J.R.R., he's a pretty good writer... "

" A cross between Dan Brown and John Grisham. The best crime trial book I've read in a long time! "

" Well, I figured out how the murderer was early on. "

" Read it via an audio book. Pretty good, but guessed the killer early on. "

" One review called this a "thinking man's Dan Brown" which should have been a warning. "

" Not bad, not great. A good murder mystery, but some of the sub-plots were weak and I would have liked to know more. "

" a bit prdictable and convenient "

" When all the characters have something to hide, it's hard to figure out who killed Professor Cade. Fast-paced & fascinating, I enjoyed the historical twist and courtroom drama. "

" This was a really interesting English murder mystery with a little bit of Dan Brown thrown in. "

" Good read. Called the ending soon into the story, but enjoyable. "

" I enjoyed this book very much, a good historical murder mystery, well written, and as an American, it gave me an interesting insight into the English criminal justice system as it existed in the 1940s and 50s. I particularly liked the WWII background story and the characters were well written. "