Wilkie Collins

Broschiertes Buch

The Moonstone

A Romance

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

William Wilkie Collins was an English novelist and playwright best known for The Woman in White (1859), a mystery and early sensation novel, and The Moonstone (1868), which established many of the ground rules of the modern detective novel and may be the first clear example of the police procedural genre. Born to London painter William Collins and his wife, Harriet Geddes, he moved to Italy with them when he was twelve years old, spending two years there and in France learning both Italian and French. Collins was born at 11 New Cavendish Street in London, the son of William Collins, a well-known Royal Academician landscape painter, and his wife, Harriet Geddes. Named after his father, he quickly became recognized by his second name, which honors his godfather, painter David Wilkie. The family relocated to Pond Street, Hampstead, around 1826. In 1828, Collins' brother Charles Allston Collins was born. Between 1829 and 1830, the Collins family relocated twice: first to Hampstead Square and subsequently to Porchester Terrace in Bayswater. Wilkie and Charles received an early education from their mother at home. The Collins family was very religious, and Collins' mother insisted on strict church attendance for her boys, which Wilkie detested.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rupa Publications India
• Seitenzahl: 488
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 127mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 582g
• ISBN-13: 9788129123671
• ISBN-10: 8129123673
• Artikelnr.: 42348329