The Last Chance
by Ron Welling
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Pub Date 28 Nov 2022 | Archive Date 12 Dec 2022
The Book Guild | Book Guild Publishing
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Description
Harry Stone, chancer and property developer, sets his sights on buying Marine House, a Regency mansion on Brighton seafront. Converted into flats it will make him money. But he is finding it difficult to scrape together £2.5m, not least because he owes it big time to a crime lord. The vendor, Lady Ruth Jackson, won’t sell to him; she has heard of his dubious past
But Stone is not going to let the chance go. Shady stock market deals, diamonds traded from the Caribbean, and dropping sweeteners to Lady Ruth’s children, come easily to him as part of his twisted scheming and plotting.
With a growing health problem, Stone tries to entice Claire, his onetime PA, back to help him chase his dream. But Claire is battling growing insecurity in her relationship with her wealthy partner, and when she finds a sneaky moneymaking scam Stone is running right under her nose, what retribution will she extract?
Stone watches helpless as his last chance to get Marine House vanishes. Until one day there is a knock on his front door…
A Note From the Publisher
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9781915603623 |
| PRICE | £4.99 (GBP) |
| PAGES | 312 |
Featured Reviews
Reviewer 834532
I am a massive thriller fan and although this is what this book was classed as, I'm not entirely sure I'd agree! I don't actually know what I'd class it as to be fair, more of a dodgy criminal story about shady guys always trying to make their next quick buck lol.
That aside, would I have read it if I hadn't believed it to be a thriller? No! Am I sad that I read it even through it didn't really turn out to be the kind of thriller I was into? Also no! I really enjoyed it.
The writing style is good and the narrative just flows. The chapters are quite short and they keep you wanting more. There are a lot of characters! A lot! But they are all well written and given individual personalities and characteristics. I actually really got sucked into this one and found it quite interesting the whole complexity of buying properties to renovate or having to deal with shady workmen or them not having the same vision as you do etc etc. It just all felt really realistic and accurate of the process which I loved! I
It's all bit, the old school gangster with the heart of gold type?! There are a few twists and turns and secrets being brought to light and people being betrayed and so on and so forth.........I can't really decide what genre to even put it in but all I can say is, it's a really good book woth a nice, original story and I loved reading it!!!
Reviewer 823951
Beautifully written, compelling and thought provoking, I was drawn by the cover and blurb, not one I would normally read but I’m glad I did, im recommending this to my book club as I’d love to chat about this to others, thanks to net galley for the advanced copy.
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