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New York: St. Martin's Press, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/good. 8x5x1. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. 320 pp. bit of foxing to page ends, some yellowing and edge wear to jacket; "In this top-notch mystery thriller set within the famed Lloyd's insurance colossus, underwriters James Ross-Gilbert and Richard Trene have siphoned off millions of pounds from their syndicates into personal accounts hidden throughout the world. When a journalist reports on one ostensibly legal scam, the financial house of cards begins to tumble and the two men flee Britain, leaving their investors (known as Names) to suffer the unlimited liability to which Lloyd's rules has committed them. One vengeful Name, Lord Henry Allanport, who loses his wife--she dies from complications of pregnancy--and his estates, sets out to kill Ross-Gilbert, the more public of the conspirators. Mal Harris, a private investigator hired by Lloyd's to recover the missing money, must find Ross-Gilbert…
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A Question of Risk
by Shakespeare, L. M. (Marguerite)
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NY: St. Martins, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Dust jacket has tiny rubs at corners. Financial thriller & Lloyds of London. Review copy with promo sheet laid in.
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- ISBN 10 0312044070
- ISBN 13 9780312044077
- Publisher St. Martins
- Place of Publication NY
- Date Published 1990
- Keywords Mystery Review British; crime fiction; Thriller - suspense
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N.Y.: St. Martin's, 1990. 1st Am ed., with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. "In this top-notch mystery thriller set within the famed Lloyd's insurance colossus, underwriters James Ross-Gilbert and Richard Trene have siphoned off millions of pounds from their syndicates into personal accounts hidden throughout the world. When a journalist reports on one ostensibly legal scam, the financial house of cards begins to tumble and the two men flee Britain, leaving their investors (known as Names) to suffer the unlimited liability to which Lloyd's rules has committed them. One vengeful Name, Lord Henry Allanport, who loses his wife--she dies from complications of pregnancy--and his estates, sets out to kill Ross-Gilbert, the more public of the conspirators. Mal Harris, a private investigator hired by Lloyd's to recover the missing money, must find Ross-Gilbert in order to access the secret accounts before he is…
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