Lodestar: No. 1 (Mal Harris Series) - Softcover

L M Shakespeare was born in Wales, educated at schools in England, followed by Cambridge University. She is the author of three financial thrillers: Lodestar (Utmost Good Faith), The Gentlemen's Mafia, and Death Valley (Poisoning the Angels), first published by Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd, in paperback by Futura, and reissued in paperback and Kindle by Hopcyn Press. Her historical novel, Malice, is available in paperback and Kindle. Her novel The Messenger was recently published in hardback and Kindle editions

The half-brother of a Lloyd's underwriter who has gone of the rails determines to rescue him and his investors from disaster. But the dangerous financial risk has been spotted by criminals in the shipping industry who attempt to exploit it for added profit in an already criminal project.