#1 – An Invisible Betrayal
London, 1553. Myles Devereux has built a criminal empire from alehouses, brothels, lending and protection, and he expects fear to keep his organisation intact. That confidence collapses when his bookkeeper is murdered and debtors begin dying in circumstances that direct suspicion towards him. The sheriff’s officers…
#2 – Chance Is a Game
Myles Devereux is prepared to sell part of his profitable London business when the former monk Tasker offers terms worth considering. Before the agreement can be completed, attacks strike Devereux’s property and men. The timing points towards his established rival Garrison Bennett, but an unwritten truce…
#3 – A Time to Deceive
When Eldrige Slouch is murdered, Myles Devereux sees an opportunity to acquire the dead man’s business at a favourable price. He is unconcerned by rumours that Slouch was cursed or that his spirit remains nearby, but further deaths and disappearances begin to damage the property’s value…
#4 – Uncertain Odds
Myles Devereux prospers in Elizabethan London by treating loyalty as a commodity and information as a form of power. When he hears of a Catholic conspiracy against the queen, he recognises both the danger and the profit available to anyone who can control what reaches the…