This dark book is about a liar and thief who uses false identities to achieve his objectives, but as it is often the case with Richard Marsh novels, this main character ends up badly...

Guy Holland has returned to London from South Africa after the death of his uncle. Guy would inherit everything if, and only if, he could recover a certain ruby ring that a certain actress had obtained from his uncle by trickery, within three months of his uncle's death. If he failed Horace, Guy's cousin, would inherit everything. Captivating twists and turns ensue in this fast paced action story that will make your heart race from beginning to end...

Mr Paxton, a ruined man, decides to emigrate, and whilst on the train to Southampton, he overhears Mr Lawrence discussing how he stole the Duchess of Datchet's diamonds, worth half a million pounds. When he returns home, he finds himself in possession of the jewels thanks to a luggage mix-up on the train. Elated at his change of fortune, Mr Paxton thinks he can finally marry his true love, Daisy Strong, but events take a turn for the worst when Inspector John Ireland of Scotland Yard, believing he is the thief, starts chasing him...

..".She possibly supposes that she's done rather a smart thing in getting away, as she thinks, scot-free. But has she? She's covered herself, in consequence, with more than a suspicion of murder. They're reasoning this way. They say that it was she who used that champagne bottle to so much purpose; and that was why she hid, like a coward, behind the curtains, when the waiter came into the room; and why she stayed hidden; and when the coast, as she thought, was clear, dropped, at the peril of her life, from the window. And because they're accounting, in that way, for her singular behaviour,...

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