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Do you enjoy stories of political suspense and intrigue, of double-dealing, and of crime? Do you like reading about a conspiracy that must be thwarted before a world-shattering deadline is reached? Do you also enjoy stories with an engaging and enthralling hero, a private investigator who is definitely outside of society, a loner, an anti-hero, a ruffian, and a master of disguises?

Are you also thrilled when you can learn fascinating details of the past, like the splendor and squallor of eighteenth-century London? If you like all of these things all tied up in an action-packed thriller, you are bound to enjoy The Devil's Company by David Liss. Find this book in our catalog

Once again Benjamin Weaver, thief-taker, ex-pugilist and house-breaker is involved in a dangerous game of cat and mouse with shadowy adversaries. The year is 1722. Weaver is being blackmailed by Jerome Cobb, a wealthy and mysterious schemer who needs Weaver's strength and guile for his own treacherous plans against the British East India Company. Weaver's theft of important Company documents is only the first move in a daring conspiracy within the eighteenth century's most powerful corporation. Weaver must infiltrate the Company, navigate its warring factions, and uncover secret plots of corporate rivals, foreign spies, and government operatives - with millions of pounds and the security of the nation at stake.
Depicting the birth of the modern corporation, this book is an impressive historical novel as well as an entertaining tale of action and suspense.

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