An Honourable Thief: A must-read historical crime thriller: 1 (Company of Rogues, 1) Skelton, Douglas Summary Book #1 The Company of Rogues series:Ruined through her vile brother's schemes, Eleanor Chivenham is in despair until she is offered rescue by marriage, but marriage to a charming rake with an infamous French mistress. Book #1 The Company of Rogues series:Ruined through her vile brother's schemes, Eleanor Chivenham is in despair until she is offered rescue by marriage, but marriage to a charming rake with an infamous French mistress. Eleanor accepts, but she is determined to treat this arranged marriage with cool dignity. Once she meets Nicholas Delaney, however, her confidence in her ability to do that is shaken. Not only does he stir her senses and touch her heart, but she glimpses trouble and pain beneath the smooth exterior.Nicholas is indeed troubled. Committed to serving his country by seducing secrets out of a French spy, he is then persuaded by his brother to marry the woman the earl has ruined. Are even his fabled abilities with women up to this task? To assist him, he gathers together again the schoolboy group he started years before, the Company of Rogues, but even they cannot protect Eleanor and Nicholas from the dark plots being woven around them. Plots that threaten not only their fragile marriage, but their lives. Highlights Easy to enjoy: 352 pages · Paperback By Skelton, Douglas Details ISBN: 9781804363027 Author: Skelton, Douglas Format: Paperback Pages: 352 Language: English Publication date: 6 April 2023 Condition: Used – Like New About the authors Skelton, Douglas and Douglas Skelton · Publisher: Canelo More about this book Reviews This is a departure for Skelton, who seems born to write high-end historical fiction' Denzil Meyrick, author of the DCI Daley thrillers 'Uniquely combines a page-turning thriller with a perfectly evoked sense of time and place.
