THE ESTORIL CONSPIRACY

Estoril, Portugal — June 1943.

During the darkest days of the Second World War, a British civilian aircraft carrying the celebrated actor Leslie Howard is destroyed over the Bay of Biscay, killing all seventeen people aboard.

British intelligence suspects that the tragedy was no accident.

Lara Bennett, a beautiful, courageous and resourceful British secret agent, is dispatched to neutral Portugal to investigate a deadly conspiracy. Her destination is the luxurious Hotel Palácio in Estoril, where diplomats, wealthy refugees, German spies and Allied intelligence officers mingle beneath a glittering façade of elegance and sophistication.

With the assistance of the handsome Portuguese intelligence contact Miguel de Andrade, Lara infiltrates a dangerous German espionage network commanded by the ruthless Colonel Friedrich Adler.

From the glamorous gambling tables of the Estoril Casino to the narrow streets of wartime Lisbon, Lara follows a trail of secret payments, coded messages, betrayal and murder. Her investigation takes an unexpected turn when the mysterious German agent Elena Vogel offers to betray her own organisation.

But the discovery of a secret blue ledger reveals something even more terrifying: another British diplomat has been marked for assassination.

As danger closes in, Lara must risk everything to expose the conspiracy, prevent another murder and bring the German mastermind to justice.

Against the magnificent backdrop of Portugal's Atlantic coast, an extraordinary adventure unfolds — a story of courage, espionage, deception and unexpected romance.

Inspired by the real tragedy of Leslie Howard's death in 1943, The Estoril Conspiracy is a fictional alternative-history thriller combining wartime intrigue, glamorous settings and a courageous heroine who refuses to surrender.