Fraud on the high Seas A Maritime Financial Mystery |
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Author:
| Gwinnell, Anthony |
ISBN: | 978-1-4257-8267-2 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2007 |
Publisher: | Xlibris Corporation LLC
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $24.99 |
Book Description:
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Harry McDowell is a successful London businessman. Aged 36, he's a partner in a marine insurance company. Married with a beautiful wife, and a lovely young daughter, Harry enjoys the good life. Perhaps too much! A few too many drinks, a sexual adventure and a gambling addiction send him on a downward spiral. A disastrous sequence of events leads him to the cusp of financial ruin.
Harry is offered a lifeline which involves illegal business dealings. When a major problem occurs,...
More DescriptionHarry McDowell is a successful London businessman. Aged 36, he's a partner in a marine insurance company. Married with a beautiful wife, and a lovely young daughter, Harry enjoys the good life. Perhaps too much! A few too many drinks, a sexual adventure and a gambling addiction send him on a downward spiral. A disastrous sequence of events leads him to the cusp of financial ruin.
Harry is offered a lifeline which involves illegal business dealings. When a major problem occurs, Harry is implicated and loses his job and family.
Self-exiled with an old friend in Florida he strives to make sense of it all. Depressed, unhappy and lonely, he fi nally determines to strike back.
His quest takes him to London and Amsterdam, to Scotland, Athens and Hong Kong as he tries to unravel the mystery and web of deceit and intrigue and caused his downfall