{"product_id":"the-oxford-files-andrea-marchant-9798258314161","title":"The Oxford Files: When Secrets Kill: A Cold War Murder Mystery in Britain's Most Ancient University","description":"\u003cb\u003eOxford, December 1954. The city of dreaming spires is hiding something.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDetective Constable Sam True of Scotland Yard has been sent to Oxford on what should be a routine inquiry: two academic deaths, possibly connected, both officially closed. But within hours of his arrival, he has uncovered a pattern that nobody in authority wants examined - a systematic programme of elimination targeting classified researchers, running for years inside one of Britain's most sensitive defence contractors. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe victims are scientists working at the frontier of Cold War cryptography. Their research, if completed, would reshape the balance of power between East and West. Someone - or some institution - has been ensuring it never reaches that point. And the mechanism for their silencing reaches far higher than a single corporation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo find the truth, Sam must operate in territory where the normal rules of evidence do not apply. He must break into a locked archive with a journalist at his shoulder. He must confront a murderer in a room where a wire spool is his only witness. He must decide, when the moment comes, whether to accept a quiet resolution that serves the state's interests - or fight for a public trial that serves the dead. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlongside him: Angelina Cole, investigative reporter for the Independent Observer, following the financial trail from a Zurich account to a Vienna shell company to the heart of the conspiracy. Behind him: Thomas Ashcroft, a man whose official affiliation is never quite stated, whose resources are considerable, and who has his own reasons for wanting this particular case resolved. Around them both: the ancient city of Oxford in winter - the stone cold of the Broad, the specific silence of the Bodleian's reading rooms, the particular darkness of a December investigation in which nothing is as classified as the truth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Oxford Files\u003c\/i\u003e is the third novel in the Sam True Mystery Series, following \u003ci\u003eMurder in the Boardroom\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eShadows Beneath the Crown\u003c\/i\u003e. It stands alone as a complete mystery, but readers familiar with the series will find the full arc of Sam's development - from post room clerk to decorated detective sergeant - richly rewarded. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf you believe institutional power should be held to account - and that the truth is worth fighting for, whatever it costs - Sam True is your detective.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrea Marchant\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798258314161\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/21\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 182\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.39d","brand":"Andrea Marchant","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49172920074495,"sku":"9798258314161","price":14.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-oxford-files-andrea-marchant-9798258314161","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}