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2014: 50 years since William Gilbey's father Herbert was hanged for murder. This anniversary is different from those in the past in that it's given William the impetus to go and find out more about two mystifying parts of his father's history. Firstly the oddity of the murder: why randomly kill two women in the street in daylight? Secondly, when William was a child, Herbert had told him a story about a meeting between Winston Churchill and then Irish Teasoch Eamon De Valera during World War II. There's nothing in the history books so did this actually happen? This is definitely a good time to investigate, especially as William has just been released from prison after serving a sentence for murder himself.
[[:Category:Colin Farrington|Colin Farrington's]] previous novels (''Five Masts in the Bay'' and ''In The Shadow of the Kestrel'') have been historical fiction. From the title ''Mr Churchill's Driver'' sounds as if it's following the same genre but Colin's been slightly devious here. Once we become enveloped we discover that it has little to do with Winston Churchill at all. It's about an adult son investigating a not exactly normal father's past, but then the son isn't that average either.
Both of the Gilbeys have lived lives embroiled in crime and both have something else in common: the Uncles. These ever lurking presences are William's guiding lights in his nefarious world, demanding total loyalty for their services right down to William going to prison for a murder he didn't commit in order to satisfy them and protect someone else.
