Will Revill Thrillers – Book 1

‘A captivating tale alive with the sights, sounds, and smells of a bygone age. Historical storytelling done right.’ Steven Veerapen, author of the Simon Danforth Mysteries

London, Autumn, 1589.

In the turbulent year following the near-disaster of the Spanish Armada, ex-artillery captain Will Revill is summoned by the Queen’s Vice-Chamberlain and spymaster Sir Thomas Heneage.

Revill is given a secret mission: to travel to the Surrey manor of Sir Abel Stanbury – and kill him.

Heneage’s reasons for the order are vague, but his instructions aren’t: Revill must arrange a fatal ‘accident’ for the nobleman.

Having experienced his fill of killing since returning from the terrible war in the Low Countries, Revill tries to refuse – until he is given no choice in the matter. His beloved sister Katherine has married a Papist, and in the bitter anti-Catholic climate of these times Heneage has the power to ruin her, or even worse.

Accompanied by his loyal ex-sergeant of gunnery, Tom Bright, Revill rides down to Farthingdown Manor with a heavy heart. His cover is that he has been sent by the Queen’s Surveyor of Works to inspect the place as a potential stopover on her next summer progress.

Revill finds himself trusted by Lady Gisela Stanbury – and alarmingly, he takes to the eccentric Sir Abel and considers him harmless. Why would Heneage want him eliminated?

As well as friends, however, the agent makes a dangerous enemy in the form of Lewis Turnbull, a suitor to Sir Abel’s daughter – Lady Charis.

Revill soon finds himself in peril. Some wars are fought in the shadows. But the former soldier possesses a dogged resolve and passion for justice.