1. Turpin’s Assassin
Dick Turpin rides to London to sell stolen goods, deal with the fence Joseph Colman and visit his actress mistress, Marie Harley. His growing notoriety makes every tavern and transaction dangerous, but a more deliberate threat has entered the capital: the aristocratic French assassin Pierre Vergier…
2. Turpin’s Rival
Turpin pursues James Skinner, the rival outlaw who killed his friend Tobias Vardy. Accompanied by Nathaniel Gill, he returns to London and asks the fence Joseph Colman to locate the murderer. Colman agrees only in exchange for a service, drawing Turpin into a bargain whose hidden…
3. Turpin’s Prize
The Rock of Light, one of England’s most valuable gemstones, tempts Dick Turpin into a theft that cannot be accomplished with a pistol on an open road. He must secure an invitation to the Duke of Somerset’s estate and persuade the duke’s daughter Emma to help…
4. Turpin’s Tales
Four short stories place Dick Turpin in situations where reputation is as useful and dangerous as a weapon. In one he becomes the passenger during a highway robbery; in another he confronts a man falsely claiming to ride with him. A tax official who exploits the…