Join us and local author Richard Lyntton to hear about his thriller series, including Crown Deception, its latest installment!
About the Book
The Crown Deception
A royal conspiracy. Buried secrets from Imperial Russia. One man’s past may hold the key to the Crown’s survival.
The Queen’s doctor vanishes overboard from the Royal Yacht Britannia.
A white cat is slaughtered in an English country garden.
A deadly secret from Czarist Russia reawakens.
London. Worcestershire. Paris. Vienna.
Twelve-year-old Jack Steele never forgot what he saw—or what others tried to make him forget.
His beloved great-aunt Florence, a trusted servant inside the British royal household, had uncovered a conspiracy so explosive it threatened the very foundations of the monarchy. Before she could reveal the truth, she was branded a traitor.
Ten years later, Steele is drawn back into the shadows when evidence resurfaces: a lost Imperial Russian medal and a mysterious signed photograph of King George V and Czar Nicholas II—artifacts tied to a secret powerful enough to destroy the British Crown.
As Steele hunts across London, Worcestershire, Paris, and Vienna, he uncovers a chilling assassination plot against the Queen of England—and faces a choice that will define his life forever:
Save the Crown…
or save himself.
Inspired by the royal memoir From Cottage to Palace, Crown Deception is the explosive prequel to The Deception Series—the untold origin of Jack Steele’s first and most dangerous royal conspiracy.
About the Author
Richard Lyntton is a British-American author of international espionage thrillers whose novels draw on his firsthand experiences in the British Army, Russia, and the former Yugoslavia.
Born Richard Bramford in Highgate, London, he was educated at William Ellis School, Exeter University, Moscow State Linguistic University, and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
A former British Army captain and tank commander, he served during the First Gulf War before working in Russia as a European Community Task Force Humanitarian Liaison Officer. He subsequently served as a UNHCR Liaison Officer and United Nations Military Observer in Sarajevo during the Bosnian War, witnessing heavy shelling, NATO airstrikes, and the complexities of international peacekeeping.
He later worked as a United Nations Television producer covering the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia. Following his experiences in Bosnia, he was called to testify before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague. His wartime documentary footage is archived at the Imperial War Museum in London.
Lyntton is the author of four international spy thrillers—North Korea Deception, Hyde Park Deception, Leningrad Deception, and Crown Deception—featuring British former army officer and journalist Jack Steele.
His novels explore the shadowy world of espionage, Cold War rivalries, international conspiracies, and the enduring consequences of twentieth-century geopolitical conflict.
He lives near Philadelphia with his wife and family.