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金融街にもぐら一匹 (文春文庫
The Final Throw
The husband falls from grace and becomes a homeless man, while the wife rises to become a secretary at a large company. However, both of them are aiming for the mysterious past of a certain big business figure. The "Snakes and Ladders" operation is steadily progressing.
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金融街にもぐら一匹
マイケル・フランシス・ギルバート/山田順子（翻訳家）
英語タイトルからの翻訳： 「The Final Throw」 「最後の一投」
夫は転落して浮浪者に、妻は出世して大企業の秘書となった。しかし狙いはともに、ある大物財界人の謎の過去。＜ヘビとはしご作戦＞は着実に押しすすめられていった
The husband falls from grace and becomes a homeless man, while the wife rises to become a secretary at a large company. However, both of them are aiming for the mysterious past of a certain big business figure. The "Snakes and Ladders" operation is steadily progressing.
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金融街にもぐら一匹
マイケル・フランシス・ギルバート/山田順子（翻訳家）
英語タイトルからの翻訳： 「The Final Throw」 「最後の一投」
夫は転落して浮浪者に、妻は出世して大企業の秘書となった。しかし狙いはともに、ある大物財界人の謎の過去。＜ヘビとはしご作戦＞は着実に押しすすめられていった
356 pages, Paperback Bunko
Published June 1, 1984
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Michael Gilbert
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Born in Lincolnshire in 1912, Michael Francis Gilbert was educated in Sussex before entering the University of London where he gained an LLB with honours in 1937. Gilbert was a founding member of the British Crime Writers Association, and in 1988 he was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America - an achievement many thought long overdue. He won the Life Achievement Anthony Award at the 1990 Boucheron in London, and in 1980 he was knighted as a Commander in the Order of the British Empire. Gilbert made his debut in 1947 with Close Quarters, and since then has become recognized as one of our most versatile British mystery writers.
He was the father of Harriett Gilbert.
Born in Lincolnshire in 1912, Michael Francis Gilbert was educated in Sussex before entering the University of London where he gained an LLB with honours in 1937. Gilbert was a founding member of the British Crime Writers Association, and in 1988 he was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America - an achievement many thought long overdue. He won the Life Achievement Anthony Award at the 1990 Boucheron in London, and in 1980 he was knighted as a Commander in the Order of the British Empire. Gilbert made his debut in 1947 with Close Quarters, and since then has become recognized as one of our most versatile British mystery writers.
He was the father of Harriett Gilbert.
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February 13, 2026
Listen to as an audiobook run at 1.5. It was an old cake crime mystery said in Britain. it is set sometime after World War II in London wear a senior English inspector works with an undercover police officer, David Morgan, and his ex-girlfriend Susan to uncover a somewhat prominent English businessman, who using shady practices has gobbled up a number of companies as used rough tactics ran heroin out of Italy and ordered several murders all while trying to keep a high profile as a successful businessman. Much of the book, it’s not really clear who is working for who Morgan Susan various inspector is various characters that may or may not be on which side of the law but it all becomes clear in the last 20% of the book. It was OK, but doesn’t make me want to rush to read one of the many other mysteries from this author.
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