1716. A brother and sister set out to find her husband who went missing in battle in 1709, while they continue to rob their father's creditors to pay his debts and get him released from gaol. Their quest is complicated by the need to find a friend's killer. As well as holding up coaches, they carry out an elaborate scam. Travelling from Cardiff to London to Cardigan and to the Hague, helped and hindered by the beautiful aristocratic widow, Helen, and her feisty rival, the common whore, Megan, they encounter a Jacobite spy plotting to overthrow the Government, have their eyes opened about the slave trade, and discover the meaning of The King's Justice.
Here is a murder mystery, a swashbuckling adventure and a romance set against a genuine historical background.