Bøker av Chris Thorndycroft

It is 1716 and the Caribbean has erupted into the Golden Age of Piracy.Disgraced Navy Lieutenant Thomas Rigby has one chance to redeem his ruined career; infiltrate one of the most notorious pirate crews in the Caribbean and steal a diamond of untold value. Sailing aboard the Azrael under the notorious Captain Philip Rake, Thomas befriends Hannah Percy, a young widow who is fleeing the men who murdered her husband and seeking passage to England. In his efforts to help her, Thomas puts his clandestine mission in danger and begins to suspect that there is more to Hannah Percy than meets the eye. Thrown together in a maelstrom of murder and double-crossing, Hannah and Thomas navigate treacherous waters where nobody is what they seem in this swashbuckling adventure on the high seas!

Could YOU love a murderer?In February of 1746, a customs official and a key witness vanished on their way to trial, leaving nothing but a bloodied coat on the road. The details of their gruesome fate became one of England's most shocking murder cases.When teenage Alice Sinclair runs away from home, her tumultuous journey leads her to employment as a barmaid in The White Hart; a grubby inn on the border between Hampshire and Sussex. She has little idea that her new companions are members of the notorious Hawkhurst Gang; the most feared and violent group of smugglers in all England. Alice soon finds herself adrift in a maelstrom of murder and betrayal and is forced to question her loyalties when she discovers that the man she loves is involved in smuggling, murder and the Jacobite uprising against the Crown.On the run, in peril and torn between family and love, Alice's story is one of passion and defiance entwined with a true crime that shocked the nation.Based on true events.

The Caribbean, 1715. Philip Rake and the crew of the Azrael have survived storm, shipwreck and betrayal to emerge hot for vengeance! Rake wants the Molucca Star back; a diamond of untold value that will make him and his men rich as kings.But the East Indies have been rocked by a seismic event. The Spanish treasure fleet setting out from Havana has been wrecked on the shores of Florida, drawing every pirate and privateer in the Caribbean like flies to a honey pot. As the Golden Age of Piracy hits its stride, Philip Rake embarks upon a five year-long career of danger and treachery in which he meets the most notorious figures of the era including Blackbeard, Charles Vane, Anne Bonny and Mary Read. But it's not all plain sailing as Rake is about to find out. As the pirates grow in strength, a force from England sets out to smash them once and for all. In the midst of all this, old friends (and enemies) return to complicate Rake's life, forcing him to make some desperate choices.

Bristol, 1713. When Philip Rake, pickpocket, smuggler and scoundrel is arrested and thrown in jail, he assumes he has a short walk to the gallows. But his father, a wealthy merchant who has remained a figure of mystery throughout his life, throws him a lifeline; become an indentured man on an expedition to the East Indies led by his friend, Woodes Rogers. Woodes Rogers is looking for Libertatia - the fabled pirate kingdom of the legendary buccaneer Henry Avery - and the hoard of treasure rumoured to be hidden there. But Philip wants his freedom and when he learns that there are men onboard who once sailed with Henry Avery and plan to take the treasure for themselves, he jumps ship and embarks upon a career of piracy. Philip's story takes him from the backstreets of Bristol to the sun-baked hills of Madagascar and on to the jungled islands of the Caribbean in a thrilling tale of adventure in which he rubs shoulders with some of the most notorious pirates of the age including Blackbeard, Charles Vane, Anne Bonny and Mary Read.