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J. R. Sinclair

An Oxford Crime Author Rambling Through His Imagination 

OXFORD'S SHADOWS HIDE MANY SECRETS

Meet DI Joseph Stone in gripping British crime thrillers by J.R. Sinclair

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A HEART OF DARKNESS

In politics, one must be prepared to make sacrifices…

When a leading politician drops dead mid-speech—live online—the nation reels. The cause?

 

Officially natural. Unofficially? Something far more sinister.

 

As a bitterly contested election looms, DI Joseph Stone finds himself pulled into a web of manipulated truths and hidden objectives.

 

At last, the true agenda of the Night Watchmen is revealed as they spread chaos through the political system with deepfake videos, blackmail, and murder.

 

And at the centre of their operation, the spider at the centre of the web, is someone is preparing to make their final move to seize power.

 

But Stone’s not just fighting a killer. He’s up against a conspiracy buried deep inside the system.

 

Framed, outnumbered, and running out of time, he must risk everything to expose the truth… before democracy dies in the dark.

A Heart of Darkness by J.R. Sinclair, DI Stone Oxford Crime Thriller

THE DI JOSEPH STONE SERIES

From arson to murder among Oxford's dreaming spires, Joseph and Megan uncover the darkness behind the city's beauty.

Covers of the DI Joseph Stone crime thriller series by J.R. Sinclair, including The Dead of Midwinter, A Flood of Sorrow, Embers of Summer, The Games People Play, A Harvest of Souls, Shadows of the Mind, and A Heart of Darkness — British detective mysteries set in Oxford.

About J. R. Sinclair

J.R. Sinclair writes dark, Oxford-set crime fiction where justice burns and secrets linger. He walks the same lanes as his detective, DI Joseph Stone—always listening for the next story.

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Portrait of British crime author J.R. Sinclair, writer of the Oxford-based DI Joseph Stone thriller series.

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