The Tontine (Paperback or Softback)

This is the final book of the Simpson Family Inheritance trilogy. In the early 1800s, Jenna Pajari travels to England to take up her father's business affairs before her uncle can claim them. She is in love with Peter Field but Fate keeps them apart. Jenna travels to England to unite with the Fields and the Blydes.  She is caught in the Second War of Copenhagen and meets her uncle one fateful last time.
Ivan Schmisek, head of TOPL in New Zealand, implements his plans to take over the country.  His plans include wiping out the Kennedy clan and assassinating the Prime Minister.  Officer Michelle Malcolmson is sent to the USA to verify Kalle Kennedy's claims to have been abducted, but Michelle is captured and interrogated and faces death at the hands of TOPL agents. Superintendent McGlashan has to flee the country ahead of malicious charges. Kalle Kennedy, who is seeking the truth about Jennifer Simpson's claim to a fortune,  and Superintendent Bob McGlashan are hunted down by TOPL agents.  In New Zealand, Luke Norman hides Kalle's family.  He and Kim Yeong try to rescue the Prime Minister to restore him to power. The mystery surrounding the historical fortunes of the Blydes, the Boyds and the Pajaris is finally unravelled in a surprising revelation.

Dr Robert Fisk is a New Zealand author of ten titles.  His books are thrillers, often with a message or reflection on our lives.  Although his settings normally reflect New Zealand scenery and social life, the Simpson Family Inheritance trilogy is also about Europe in the early 1800s.  Robert has been a teacher and school principal, an Education Officer in Brunei Darussalam, a lecturer at Sultan Qaboos University in Oman and lately a teacher of English at Otago University Language Centre.