Illicit Deception

At the age of 33, Robin Ashurst has achieved very little. He works long hours at The Limes, a run-down clifftop hotel in Devon. The hotel owner is the enigmatic Hansen Mulhenry, an authoritative figure with a South African accent. Life is never the same again for Robin when a cantankerous old lady with French accent checks into The Limes. Her companion is a young, innocent, and naïve granddaughter called Antonella.

Madame Aguirre claims to have evidence that proves a claim to the French royal family and has carried a secret mission all her life to convince the world of this truth. Over the years, this quest has brought her to the attention of a French terrorist group, the French intelligence service and an international crime gang who believe she has knowledge of the missing pieces of the French crown jewels, stolen after the French revolution. However, before she has the opportunity to divulge the mission to her granddaughter, she has a heart attack and dies.

British Intelligence (MI6) had previously set up an undercover meeting at The Limes to try and flush out evidence she claimed to have. It goes wrong with her sudden death and all interested groups come together at the hotel in an evening of violence and danger.

Robin and his girlfriend try to help Antonella escape from the villainous groups that come after her. She is now the target, to be hunted down and silenced. As the three protagonists face charges of espionage, lies, exposing government secrets, their lives are in jeopardy.