Crown Deception

By

Richard Lyntton
A royal conspiracy. Buried secrets from Imperial Russia. One man’s past may hold the key to the Crown’s survival.
Crown Deception

By

Richard Lyntton

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 Imperial Russia reawakens.

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, uncovered a conspiracy so explosive it threatened the very foundations of the monarchy. Ten years later, evidence resurfaces: a lost Imperial Russian medal and a mysterious signed photograph of King George V and Czar Nicholas II—artifacts linked to a secret powerful enough to shake the British Crown.

As Steele follows a trail of clues across London, Paris, Vienna, and Moscow, he uncovers a chilling assassination plot against the Queen of England. With enemies closing in from all sides and the truth buried beneath generations of deception, Steele must confront a question that could change 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 was born as Richard Bramford in Highgate, London. He attended 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 and the former Yugoslavia with the European Community and the United Nations. He later served as a UNHCR Liaison Officer, United Nations Military Observer in Sarajevo during heavy shelling and NATO airstrikes, and a United Nations Television producer covering the conflicts in the Balkans. Following his service in Bosnia, he was called to testify before the International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague after witnessing and filming human rights abuses and war crimes. His wartime footage is archived at the Imperial War Museum in London. His internationally set Jack Steele thrillers draw on real-world experience in military operations, Russia, Cold War history, and international diplomacy. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife, Michelle Wenitsky, and their two sons.

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