A picturesque fishing village on the South Devon coast, the cursed royal French blue diamond necklace once worn by Marie Antoinette of France and a dangerous terrorist organisation who will stop at nothing to achieve their objective. In his thrilling debut novel, Illicit Deception, Jack Lench draws us into a world of betrayal, deception and conspiracy theories. Is anyone really who they say they are? Don’t trust people who lie to you and don’t lie to people who trust you!