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Geoff Quaife
Luke's murder investigation and search for stolen silver is complicated by intriguing Royalists, Irish rebels, influential women, treacherous comrades, a loveable witch, maladjusted siblings, murderous charcoal burners, and devious priests.
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In 1650 Luke is in Maryland acting for Cromwell, and the colony's proprietor Lord Baltimore, to assess the political situation. He becomes involved with a dysfunctional planter family and confronts…
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In 1651, a fatally wounded Scottish trooper is found by an English patrol. Before he takes his last breath, he reveals the details of a major plot being hatched against…
In 1652 politicians secretly plan to disband the army. Its commander Oliver Cromwell sends Luke to foil these plotters, and find the murderers of three excise officers who stumbled across…
Luke's first mission for the incoming King is to investigate the administration of an aging autocratic peer who is also a purveyor of magic. This marquis is undermined by a…
Luke, now the King's special agent is sent to one of the home counties to assess the suitability of the shire's gentry to represent the King across the county, in…
Luke is ordered by the King to investigate the intrigues and deaths surrounding the King's forthcoming marriage-with particular emphasis on England's foreign policy and national security.The increased attacks on past…
In 1661 Charles II put an end to the diplomatic wrangle between European powers to provide him with a wife. He announced he would marry the sister of the disabled…
In 1653 Luke and his deputy Harry are sent to Paris to negotiate secretly with the exiled king. they are separated and pursue independent investigations. Harry, who reaches the royal…
The book continues the adventures of Oliver Cromwells top agent, Luke Tremayne. As Cromwells government faces conspiracies and uprisings from royalists, republicans, Catholics, religious extremists, and senior army officers, Luke…
Queen Luisa faced trouble within her family as the young king Afonso, for whom she ruled, was both mentally and physically weak and the subject of unscrupulous politicians determined to…
In early 1657, Cromwell, after surviving three assassination attempts, turned to his top investigator, Luke Tremayne, to hunt the would- be killer. Elements in the army feared that Cromwell would…
In 1657 the government prepares for a foreign invasion expected on the Medway. Luke is sent to uncover the local Royalists who might support the incursion. He is appalled at…
The English government determined to stop Islamic attacks on its shipping sends Luke as ambassador to the Maghreb states to negotiate a treaty. His mission is complicated by a dysfunctional…
In 1650 Luke assists a dysfunctional Maryland family beset by multiple murders in an environment complicated by planter rivalry, Indian wars, religious conflict and the incursion of a European power.
The book continues the adventures of Oliver Cromwell’s top agent, Luke Tremayne. As Cromwell’s government faces conspiracies and uprisings from royalists, republicans, Catholics, religious extremists, and senior army officers, Luke…
In 1653, Cromwell sent Luke Tremayne and his deputy Harry Lloyd to Paris to negotiate secretly with the exiled king Charles II. After a serious mishap to Luke, Harry is…
Luke Tremayne’s murder investigation confronts intriguing Royalists, renegade militia, corrupt politicians, religious fanatics, wanton witches and sexual deviants within the context of high politics and the sordidness of village life.
The English government seeks to curtail Islamic attacks on its shipping in the Mediterranean and sends Luke Tremayne as ambassador to the Turkish Empire’s western outpost of Benbali to negotiate…
In this twelfth Luke Tremayne adventure of political intrigue, fast action, and multiple murder mysteries, Cromwells most ruthless agent has to adjust to life-changing events. His leader, Englands ruler, Oliver…
Luke Tremayne, Cromwell's most trusted agent adjusts to life changing events. Cromwell is dead, and the army which kept England united is disintegrating. Luke resigns from government service, marries a…
Luke, now the King’s special agent is sent to one of the home counties to assess the suitability of specific gentlemen to represent the King throughout the county and especially…
