Joan V. reviewed on 6/16/2006 + 39 more book reviews

BEnjamin Weaver, a Jew and an ex-boxer, is an outsider in eighteenth century London, tracking down debtors and felons for aaristocratic clients. When he is asked to investrigate his father's sudden death, he descernds into the deceptive world of the English stock-jobbers, gliding between coffeehouses and gaming houses, drawing rooms and bordellos. The more he uncovers, the darker the truth becomes. An enthralling historical thriller.

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