The Main Chance Pa - Couverture souple

Colin Forbes

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1847392873 ISBN 13 : 9781847392879

Editeur : Simon & Schuster, 2008

Synopsis

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A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

Coming after the international enthusiasm for THE CELL and BLOOD STORM this novel breaks new ground.
Bella Main, regal owner of the Main Chance, the world's largest private bank, invites her friend Tweed to visit her a Hengistbury Manor, the bank's HQ. Located in a massive Elizabethan mansion, hidden away in The Forest, in the deep south of Britain, the atmosphere is eerie and oppressive.
Bella tells Tweed and Paula that the ruthless European banker, Dubenkian, originally from east of Armenia, has demanded she sells him her bank. She has refused his offer.She asks Tweed to be her Chief Administrator, an offer he refuses. One week later Bella is horrifically murdered.
Tweed returns with Paula, determined to track the killer. All chief executives of the bank are members of the Main or Chance family, a number of them women. Tweed has already detected hate and deceit among the families. The prison-like effect of working in isolation has created a dangerous sense of hostility. There are more murders. Who is to blame?
There is a devastating surprise when Tweed proves the bank, founded in 1912, was created by a brutal crime all those years ago.

Présentation de l'éditeur

At the urgent plea of his old friend, Commander Buchanan of Scotland Yard, Tweed, once ace detective, now Deputy Chief SIS, visits Mrs Bella Main, formidable matriarch controlling the Main Chance, the most powerful private bank in Europe. Bella tells Tweed and Paula Grey, his assistant, that she has refused an enormous offer from Calouste Gubenkian, the most ruthless and villainous man in Europe. Within days of their visit Bella is murdered.
Tweed and Paula return to investigate the atrocious act. The bank's HQ is based in a huge Elizabethan manor hidden in The Forest, a vast area in the deep south of England. Tweed has already met members of the two families, run by their forefathers for generations. Was Bella murdered by one of them - or is it the work of the vicious Calouste?
The movement never stops, changing to Calouste's Chateau Les Rochers in the Belgian Ardennes. A ferocious battle takes place. Two more murders are committed at the manor. Tweed and Paula race to tiny Seacove on the rugged Cornish coast to prevent another murder. Finally, Tweed proves the Bank, founded in 1912, was based on a brutal crime all those years ago.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Simon & Schuster
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1847392873
• ISBN 13: 9781847392879
• Reliure: Broché
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible