Royal Flush: The Stigart Files

Fans of Thurbin’s Ralph Chalmers series will be familiar with Colonel Robert Stigart, the somewhat crusty MI6 operative who is Thurbin’s latest protagonist. In his new international murder mystery series, Thurbin follows Stigart’s efforts to safeguard Queen and Country by whatever means necessary. This first book in the series finds Colonel Stigart resigned to early retirement after being labelled persona non grata by his previous employers at MI6. He decamps to his yacht in Gibraltar to ponder his options until a chance conversation opens up a labyrinth of corruption and intrigue that threatens the very foundations of his Country. Stigart’s sense of fair play and his determination to uphold British values drives his quest to unearth the mysterious figures who are plotting to bring down the British Monarchy in order to undermine confidence in the Country. The fast-paced plot takes the reader from Gibraltar to Paris, Berlin, Geneva and London as Colonel Stigart taps into his network of contacts to reveal a web of nepotism, deceit and corruption. Thurbin’s research is impeccable and up to the minute in this contemporary thriller that is certain to have readers clamoring for more.