A penniless publisher teetering on the brink
Hugh Emerson runs a small, prestigious publishing house. But literature doesn t pay the bills, and now his bestselling author is the subject of a salacious story in the gutter press.
A newspaper dynasty struggling to survive
Ned Macaulay, heir to a newspaper fortune and Hugh s best friend, steps in to help. But Ned has problems of his own. The family firm faces bankruptcy, and to save it he must outsmart the self-serving sycophants at Waring s bank.
Ruthless bankers closing in for the kill
Hugh and Ned are about to be dragged into a cut-throat world of devious investors and muck-raking journalists. It s darker and dirtier than they ever imagined - and if they want to succeed, they ll have to play dirty too...
About the Author
Tim Waterstone read English at Cambridge University before moving to Calcutta to work for a broking firm. On returning to England, he worked at W.H. Smith for eight years, and went on to establish the bookselling chain Waterstone s in 1982. He became the founder chairman of HMV media group in 1998, which he left in 2001. He is currently the chancellor of Edinburgh Napier University and a board member of Yale University Press, as well as being a novelist and business speaker.
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