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2001 Anthony Award for Best First Novel (nominee)
2001 Barry Award for Best First Novel
2001 Edgar Award for Best First Novel
2001 Macavity Award for Best First Novel
Benjamin Weaver is an outsider in eighteenth-century London: a Jew among Christians; a ruffian among aristocrats; a retired pugilist who, hired by London's gentry, travels through the criminal underworld in pursuit of debtors and thieves. In A CONSPIRACY OF PAPER, Weaver must investigate a crime of the most personal sort, involving the mysterious death of his estranged father, a notorious stockdealer. To find the answers, Weaver contends with a garrulous prostitute who knows too much about his past, estranged relatives who remind him of his alienation from the Jewish faith, and a group of powerful men in the world of finance who have disguised their business dealings with an intricate web of deception and violence. Relying on brains and brawn, Weaver uncovers the beginnings of a strange new economic order based on stock speculation - a way of life that poses great risk for investors, but real danger for Weaver and his family.
Genre: Historical Mystery
Genre: Historical Mystery
Praise for this book
"A tale of 18th C. finance, murder & religion that is a remarkable debut & a thoroughly satisfying novel." - Arthur Golden
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