Tom Bower
THE FINAL VERDICT
Copyright Contents Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Epigraph Preface 1 The Autopsy – 9 November 1991 2 The Secret – 5 November 1990 3 Hunting for Cash – 19 November 1990 4 Misery – December 1990 5 Fantasies – January 1991 6 Vanity – March 1991 7 Flotation – April 1991 8 A Suicide Pill – May 1991 9 Two Honeymoons – June 1991 10 Buying Silence – July 1991 11 Showdown – August 1991 12 ‘Borrowing from Peter to Pay Paul’ – September 1991 13 Whirlwind – October 1991 14 Death – 2 November 1991 15 Deception – 6 November 1991 16 Meltdown – 21 November 1991 17 The Trial – 30 May 1995 Epilogue Keep Reading Notes Company Plan Dramatis Personae Glossary of Abbreviations Index Acknowledgements About the Author By the Same Author About the Publisher
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Dedication Contents Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Epigraph Preface 1 The Autopsy – 9 November 1991 2 The Secret – 5 November 1990 3 Hunting for Cash – 19 November 1990 4 Misery – December 1990 5 Fantasies – January 1991 6 Vanity – March 1991 7 Flotation – April 1991 8 A Suicide Pill – May 1991 9 Two Honeymoons – June 1991 10 Buying Silence – July 1991 11 Showdown – August 1991 12 ‘Borrowing from Peter to Pay Paul’ – September 1991 13 Whirlwind – October 1991 14 Death – 2 November 1991 15 Deception – 6 November 1991 16 Meltdown – 21 November 1991 17 The Trial – 30 May 1995 Epilogue Keep Reading Notes Company Plan Dramatis Personae Glossary of Abbreviations Index Acknowledgements About the Author By the Same Author About the Publisher
To Sophie
Epigraph Contents Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Epigraph Preface 1 The Autopsy – 9 November 1991 2 The Secret – 5 November 1990 3 Hunting for Cash – 19 November 1990 4 Misery – December 1990 5 Fantasies – January 1991 6 Vanity – March 1991 7 Flotation – April 1991 8 A Suicide Pill – May 1991 9 Two Honeymoons – June 1991 10 Buying Silence – July 1991 11 Showdown – August 1991 12 ‘Borrowing from Peter to Pay Paul’ – September 1991 13 Whirlwind – October 1991 14 Death – 2 November 1991 15 Deception – 6 November 1991 16 Meltdown – 21 November 1991 17 The Trial – 30 May 1995 Epilogue Keep Reading Notes Company Plan Dramatis Personae Glossary of Abbreviations Index Acknowledgements About the Author By the Same Author About the Publisher
You are my teacher and all my life you have tried to demonstrate the principles underlying every action or inaction … Above all, you have given me the sense of excitement of having dozens of balls in the air and the thrill of seeing some of them land right.
KEVIN MAXWELL, written to his father in 1988
The Maxwell Foundation will be one of the richest of its kind in the world.
JOE HAINES, 1988
Cover
Title Page Tom Bower
Copyright
Dedication
Epigraph
Preface
1 The Autopsy – 9 November 1991
2 The Secret – 5 November 1990
3 Hunting for Cash – 19 November 1990
4 Misery – December 1990
5 Fantasies – January 1991
6 Vanity – March 1991
7 Flotation – April 1991
8 A Suicide Pill – May 1991
9 Two Honeymoons – June 1991
10 Buying Silence – July 1991
11 Showdown – August 1991
12 ‘Borrowing from Peter to Pay Paul’ – September 1991
13 Whirlwind – October 1991
14 Death – 2 November 1991
15 Deception – 6 November 1991
16 Meltdown – 21 November 1991
17 The Trial – 30 May 1995
Epilogue
Keep Reading Конец ознакомительного фрагмента. Текст предоставлен ООО «ЛитРес». Прочитайте эту книгу целиком, купив полную легальную версию на ЛитРес. Безопасно оплатить книгу можно банковской картой Visa, MasterCard, Maestro, со счета мобильного телефона, с платежного терминала, в салоне МТС или Связной, через PayPal, WebMoney, Яндекс.Деньги, QIWI Кошелек, бонусными картами или другим удобным Вам способом.
Notes
Company Plan
Dramatis Personae
Glossary of Abbreviations
Index
Acknowledgements
About the Author
By the Same Author
About the Publisher
Preface Contents Cover Title Page Tom Bower Copyright Dedication Epigraph Preface 1 The Autopsy – 9 November 1991 2 The Secret – 5 November 1990 3 Hunting for Cash – 19 November 1990 4 Misery – December 1990 5 Fantasies – January 1991 6 Vanity – March 1991 7 Flotation – April 1991 8 A Suicide Pill – May 1991 9 Two Honeymoons – June 1991 10 Buying Silence – July 1991 11 Showdown – August 1991 12 ‘Borrowing from Peter to Pay Paul’ – September 1991 13 Whirlwind – October 1991 14 Death – 2 November 1991 15 Deception – 6 November 1991 16 Meltdown – 21 November 1991 17 The Trial – 30 May 1995 Epilogue Keep Reading Конец ознакомительного фрагмента. Текст предоставлен ООО «ЛитРес». Прочитайте эту книгу целиком, купив полную легальную версию на ЛитРес. Безопасно оплатить книгу можно банковской картой Visa, MasterCard, Maestro, со счета мобильного телефона, с платежного терминала, в салоне МТС или Связной, через PayPal, WebMoney, Яндекс.Деньги, QIWI Кошелек, бонусными картами или другим удобным Вам способом. Notes Company Plan Dramatis Personae Glossary of Abbreviations Index Acknowledgements About the Author By the Same Author About the Publisher
On 12 May 1989, Peter Jay signed a short letter marked ‘Private and Confidential’ addressed to George Potter OBE, a director of Control Risks, one of Britain’s leading private detective agencies. Jay, the chief of staff to Robert Maxwell, thanked Potter, a former police officer, for ‘your letter and for the time you gave to meeting me and preparing it’.
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