An Invisible Betrayal: A Myles Devereux Tudor Murder Mystery

by Sam Burnell

Someone is murdering Myles Devereux's debtors. Will he find the killer before he is charged with the murders?

He's not happy when his bookkeeper has been murdered, and even less so when Richard Fitzwarren steps through his door with more unwelcome news.

Devereux, a London gangster with a string of ale houses, brothels, and a lucrative protection racket, is both successful and feared. He plays on his distant ties with Edward Courtney, a one-time Plantagenet contender for the throne, and styles himself as royalty amongst the filth of London. Business is good and running smoothly until his bookkeeper is murdered. Then a series of events unfold that strike at the very heart of his business.

Is it personal?
Does someone want to get rid of him?
Or do they just want to take over his business?

Can Devereux find the killer before he's charged with murder?

A new murder mystery from Sam Burnell, writer of the Mercenary For Hire Series. Enjoy links to the Mercenary Series and delve further into the murky world of Myles Devereux.

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Genres: Mystery, Historical Fiction, Historical, Fiction

264 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 29, 2023

Reviews

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

1553. First it was the bookkeeper of moneylender Myles Devereux that is discovered murdered. Then it's his debtors are found dead. But why and by whom.
An entertaining historical mystery with its cast of varied characters A good start to this new series.

[Cidney · Rating 5 out of 5]

Miles Devereux is a rich man living in Tudor England, rich because he lends money to people, and they normally pay him back. Unfortunately for him his bookkeeper is murdered and heretic papers are being nailed to doors appearing to have been printed for Devereux, a treasonable offence and Devereux is determined to get to the bottom of it. Miles finds himself into deeper hot water as the book progresses, and people who owed him money are being murdered. The Sheriff wants him arrested and burnt at the stake for heresy, but the local law enforcement officer is an ineffective man at doing his job so Miles escapes dressed as a woman (with a beard) with the help of his very loyal right hand man Matthew and his brother's equally loyal old friend Fitzwarren.

It is quite a good book as the tension rises sharply, and Miles is quite a funny man, without intending to be, and Matthew and particularly Fitzwarren, are even more likeable men so there was this slight humour running all the way through and the ending was very good too! Am looking at the other books in the series now, I want to read more!!

[Janice Drake · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting mystery set in Tudor London. Myles is a paranoid gang leader in a poorer part of London, into gambling, money lending, and protection. Unfortunately for him, someone is framing him for murder and worse. The story was a bit slow in places, but still enjoyable. A good bit of humor in the story as well. I found his friend Fitzwarren more likeable and would like to read more about him than Myles. Still a good read, tho.

[Jonica · Rating 4 out of 5]

I always enjoy a romp through Burnell`s world.

This book was a fun little read. I got the Kindle unlimited edition and found more errors than usual.

The story carried the day, however, and I enjoyed the book. I'll be reading more in the series.

Glad Fitzwarren played such a huge role.

[Andrew Evans · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thriller

Fast paced thriller/who dun it with an interesting antihero as the main protagonist. All this produces a new look at Tudor London than usual fare from others tackling the period. Well written, worth a look.

[Kathleen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Overall enjoyed the story, a light quick read with interesting characters, but the kindle edition I read had quite a few typos and was missing chapter six. Just a few paragraphs written in German (I think) where the chapter should have been. Weird.

[Jane Gibbens · Rating 3 out of 5]

Light story, well written with good historical detail but hard to follow in places and none of the characters were particularly sympathetic and Myles is self centred and unpleasant so I won't be reading the rest of the series

[Rosemary Blake · Rating 4 out of 5]

ell constructed detective novel

This held my attention and was an enjoyable read. Some parts were long winded or repeated (maybe for emphasis) but I could skim over them. There was a good sense of time and place.

[Brenda Adams · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not enjoyable.to me

Sorry, but found this book boring. Story line started and stopped too much instead of flowing on. That is it.

[Anthony Farrell · Rating 3 out of 5]

Enjoyable

An enjoyable romp through Tudor London. Not in the class of CJ Sansom, but an easy read in his style.

[Peter Barrass · Rating 5 out of 5]

sam burner books are great i loved this one

[Larry · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a good book. While Myles Devereux is not a likable character the writing was quite good. I would read other books by the author but I will avoid anymore Myles Devereux books.

[Debbie · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun diversion while waiting for the next available book in Aaronovitch's Rivers of London series. Excellent characterization and background info about magic in Europe.

[Daniel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting mystery reasonably well told but the anti- hero protagonist just never quite won me over. It was left to the end to try and it was a case of too little, too late.