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The Moonstone: A Romance (in English)
Collins, Wilkie
Synopsis "The Moonstone: A Romance (in English)"
A cold-blooded murder at the renowned Greater Boston Global Bank (GB2) has put the bank's reputation in jeopardy. The murderer is unknown and the real reason behind this brutal murder remains a mystery. Karan Punjabi, a press reporter and ex-banker comes across this bone-chilling conspiracy. A conspiracy so intense in the magnitude of its impact that it may cast a shadow on the entire nation apart from destroying the bank. He has thirty six hours in store to find the mastermind behind the murders and the conspiracies that instigated the murder, while somehow managing to stay alive. Will he make it? Or will he succumb through this web of conspiracies? Is the trust that bankers build their careers on just an illusion? Will the dark secrets buried within the walls of GB2 be exposed to the world? Is the banker at GB2 fast turning into a Bankster? Or was he always one? Twisted series of events with deceit that seem to lie in every path, The Bankster is a financial thriller which will build up anxiety and occasional incidents of nail-biting as the truth gets unveiled. The Bankster was published by Rupa & Co on 19 October 2012 and is available in paperback.
(Londres 1824-1889) Dramaturgo, novelista y prolífico autor de relatos. A los 17 años comienza a trabajar en una empresa de comercio de té mientras escribe Ioláni, o Tahití tal como era (Gótica nº 32), obra que no vio la luz hasta más de un siglo después de su muerte. Estudió Derecho y, aunque nunca llegó a ejercer, sí utilizó los conocimientos jurídicos en muchas de sus obras, y la crítica le considera uno de los padres del género policiaco. En 1851, conoce a Charles Dickens, al que le unirá una profunda amistad y publicará en su semanario All the Year Around sus principales obras. Tras la muerte de Dickens en 1870, su popularidad decae. Padeció de gota reumática la que le acabó provocando una adicción al opio. El epitafio de su tumba le destaca como el autor de la novela La dama de blanco.
