Stone's Fall

Stone’s Fall
By Iain Pears
Spiegel & Grau, 2009. 594 pgs. Mystery

This story begins in 1909 in London and moves successively back in time first to Paris in 1890 and finally to Venice in 1867. In 1909 John Stone falls from a window and his widow hires a newspaperman to seek out a hitherto unheard of heir. In Paris Henry Cort is recruited as a spy. In 1867 John Stone becomes involved in financing the development and manufacture of submarine torpedoes. The events of these three time periods fit together to form in an intricate and complex mystery involving business and finance, mediums and séances, love and deceit.

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