{"product_id":"stones-fall-9780385522854","title":"Stone's Fall","description":"At his London home, John Stone falls out of a window to his death. A financier and arms dealer, Stone was a man so wealthy that he was able to manipulate markets, industries, and indeed entire countries and continents. Did he jump, was he pushed, or was it merely a tragic accident? His alluring and enigmatic widow hires a young crime reporter to investigate. The story moves backward in time--from London in 1909 to Paris in 1890 and finally to Venice in 1867--and the attempts to uncover the truth play out against the backdrop of the evolution of high-stakes international finance, Europe's first great age of espionage, and the start of the twentieth century's arms race. \u003cb\u003eStone's Fall\u003c\/b\u003e is a tale of love and frailty, as much as it is of high finance and skulduggery. The mixture, then, as now, is an often fatal combination.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIain Pears is the author of the bestsellers\u003ci\u003e An Instance of the Fingerpost \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Dream of Scipio\u003c\/i\u003e and a novella, \u003ci\u003eThe Portrait\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as a series of acclaimed detective novels, a book of art history and countless articles on artistic, financial and historical subjects. He lives in Oxford, England.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51453517070610,"sku":"9780385522854","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_91764bb9-94b3-4a35-b317-03a0867c247f.jpg?v=1751971591","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/stones-fall-9780385522854","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}