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The Book Forger : The true story of a literary crime that fooled...

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At a Glance
Gripping detective story narrative
Unveils literary crime scandal
Inspired by golden age
Thrilling tale of fraud
Page-turning mystery unravelled
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A pageturner about pageturners Janice HallettThe perfect piece of armchair detection Ruth WareHugely entertaining and unexpectedly gripping London Review of BooksA true detective story from the age of Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers the literary crime that fooled the world and the daring young booksellers who uncovered itLondon, 1932. Thomas James Wise is the toast of the literary establishment. A prominent collector and businessman, with friends in high places, he is one of the most powerful men in the field of rare books.One night, two young booksellers stumble upon a strange discrepancy leading them to suspect Wise and his books are not all they seem. Inspired by the vogue for Hercule Poirot and Sherlock Holmes, the pair harness the latest developments in forensic analysis to crack the case. By the time they are done, their investigation will have rocked the book world to its core.A thrilling unravelling of bookish fraud that reads like a detective story from the golden age Roland Philipps, author of A Spy Named OrphanHone is a lively and fluent writer, ratcheting up the temperature with snappy sentences and chapters ending on cliffhangers Sunday Telegraph

SKU: M9781529931440
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Binding: Paperback;336 pages; Publisher: TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale; Classification: ABK; Weight: 360 g; Dimensions: 197 x 130 x 23

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