The Curious Conspiracy

The Curious Conspiracy is a collection of mystery stories by the British thriller writer Michael Gilbert, first published in 2002 by the American company Crippen & Landru and then in England.

The Mystery Writers of America named him a Grand Master in 1988[1] and in 1990 he was presented Bouchercon's Lifetime Achievement Award.

"[3] The locales vary from London to a Red Sea sheikdom and the time frame from the present day back to the Peninsular War.

"Michael was an exceptionally fine storyteller, but he's hard to classify," said one of his British publishers after his death.

"He's not a hard-boiled writer in the classic sense, but there is a hard edge to him, a feeling within his work that not all of society is rational, that virtue is not always rewarded.".