Ship of Thieves : 'High-octane historical fiction' Daily Mail

Author: Skelton, Douglas

Historical mysteries

Published on 21 August 2025 by Canelo (Canelo Adventure) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the A Company of Rogues' series.

Hardback | 320 pages
164 x 242 x 31 | 524g

Dead thieves tell no tales...Jonas Flynt’s stepmother, Mercy, has been abducted from Edinburgh and carried back to the West Indies by her former owner.

Gideon Flynt his father, has followed in hot pursuit, but Cassie, Jonas's first love, knows he is not the man he once was and appeals to Flynt for help. Naturally, he agrees.

Against Colonel Nathaniel Charters’ wishes, he sails for the Caribbean, where he will unwittingly join forces with the most notorious pirate of all time, Blackbeard.

But this time he may be out of his depth.

An utterly gripping historical crime thriller set on the high seas from the McIlvanney Prize longlisted author of An Honourable Thief.