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LODESTAR (dictionary definition): a star that a ship is steered by; a guiding principle; an object of pursuit.
By reading this book you can visit one of the most exclusive financial institutions in the City of London without lending them any of your money. This is a thriller about a man who hazards everything he has, to salvage honour and liquidity from the wreckage of a reckless financial venture in marine risk at Lloyd's of London. Criminal intervention from outside the market complicates everything. He finds that it is not easy to swim in the same water as human sharks attracted by the smell of corporate blood.
“A hard hitting thriller...”
“What happens here ought to happen more often in real life.”
“Thoroughly confident English yarn-spinning.”
“Shakespeare deftly weaves arcane insurance lore with psychological insights... a top-notch mystery thriller.”
“Shakespeare is a smooth, and even elegant stylist.”
“A business thriller with a dramatic climax...authentic inside guidance on the Lloyd’s background.”
“A dizzy-makingly clever scam...succeeds wonderfully.”
“Described as doing for Lloyd’s what Dick Francis did for the turf.”
“Gold stars to L M Shakespeare’s The Gentlemen’s Mafia. Action packs a punch; but much of the joy emerges from a moral scrutiny often lacking in this genre. RG’s book-keeping scheme is Reinsurance, referred to here as the agrochemical industry of finance... swift, brisk and exciting.”