{"product_id":"books-stone-s-fall-by-iain-pears","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.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53505939210513,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780385522854.jpg?v=1778104202","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/books-stone-s-fall-by-iain-pears","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}