{"product_id":"stones-fall-paperback","title":"Stone's Fall - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50103164764383,"sku":"9780385522854","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/WZ66H4wheJ9780385522854.webp?v=1781090410","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/stones-fall-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}