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"The plot draws you in from page to page… An evocation of English history that you can happily get lost in for days."   
— Christopher Lehman-Haupt, The New York Times

"Remarkable… The first stock market crash in the English-speaking world is about to burst, and a whole way of life is about to burst with it. [An] engaging and multifaceted first novel…"   
— James Polk, The New York Times Book Review

"Tremendously smart, assured, and entertaining… An intricate mystery, a colorful rogues’ gallery and, improbably, a history lesson on the birth of the stock market."  
— Newsweek

"A vortex of stock fraud and murder… [A] genre-stretching first novel."  
— Time

"An old-fashioned detective story, with London’s teeming streets and taverns as its backdrop… An artfully constructed potboiler: the sort of thing that would make a good ‘Mystery!’ series on PBS."   
— The New Yorker

"A tale of eighteenth-century finance, murder, and religion that is a remarkable debut and a thoroughly satisfying novel."   
— Arthur Golden, author of Memoirs of a Geisha

"A Conspiracy of Paper is exciting, intelligent, and witty—a rare combination in historical novels. It is rich in intriguing detail and peopled with fascinating characters. Recommended enthusiastically."   
— John Jakes, author of American Dreams