When a gruesome murder disrupts historic peace talks in London between Israeli and Palestinian leaders, Middle Eastern specialist Ayesha Ryder must decipher a cryptic message scrawled in blood above the victim's body. A letter written by Lawrence of Arabia hints at the existence of a British plan to grant independence to Palestine in the 1930s, and of a plot between a member of the British Royal Family and top Nazis. In a frantic chase through abandoned Underground tunnels, ancient catacombs and pits beneath the heart of London, Ayesha follows Lawrence's clues to his famous gold dagger, to an aged former spy who was once his lover, and to the desolate Cornish moors where she endures a cruel confrontation with her own dark past.

Traitor’s Gate is Nicholas Pengelley’s first novel. An Australian by birth, Nicholas has had a varied career in Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom – as a law professor, law librarian, and analyst on Middle East politics, a field about which he is passionate. Nicholas currently works as a consultant on Australasian law. He lives in Toronto with his wife Pamela and blogs at www.nicholaspengelley.com.

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