Oct172026
Scotland
Kirkwall, Orkney
The Orcadian Bookshop — Book signing, 1–3 p.m.
History has secrets. We give them a pulse.
Lock and Key Publishing is home to the Mackenzie Gordon historical thrillers—espionage stories inspired by real events, remarkable machines and the people history nearly forgot.
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Current Books
Available nowA Mackenzie Gordon Thriller
The Mackenzie Gordon Thrillers · Book One
Double Agent Within
In 1930, naval architect Mackenzie Gordon is drawn into a web of espionage surrounding the R-100’s historic flight to Canada. With sabotage in the air and loyalties shifting, she must decide whom to trust before a celebrated voyage becomes a catastrophe.
Written byJames Burwash
Published byLock and Key Publishing
Available inPaperback · Large print · Ebook · Audiobook
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Upcoming events
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Upcoming Events
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Scotland
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Chapter One — Author event
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British Columbia
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Our story
Small press · Big history
Unlocking stories hidden in the past.
Lock and Key Publishing is an independent Canadian imprint based in Nanaimo, British Columbia. We publish carefully researched historical thrillers that bring overlooked people, places and events vividly to life.
Our first series follows Mackenzie Gordon, a pioneering Glasgow naval architect whose talent draws her into the shadow world of British intelligence at the dawn of the 1930s.
History with purposeResearch with imaginationCanadian independent publishing
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For retail, event, review-copy and general publishing enquiries, contact Lock and Key Publishing.
doubleagentwithin@gmail.com