{"product_id":"9781443449366_murdered-midas","title":"Murdered Midas","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e Top 100 Book of the Year\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn\u003cbr\u003ethis “engrossing must-read” by “Canada’s most accomplished popular historian” (\u003cem\u003eEllery\u003cbr\u003eQueen Mystery Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e), the glittering life and brutal murder of Sir Harry\u003cbr\u003eOakes is newly investigated. \u003cem\u003eMurdered Midas\u003c\/em\u003e is “superior true-crime\u003cbr\u003ewriting” (\u003cem\u003eThe\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn\u003cbr\u003ean island paradise in 1943, Sir Harry Oakes, gold-mining tycoon, philanthropist\u003cbr\u003eand one of the richest men in the British Empire, is murdered. The news of his\u003cbr\u003edeath surges across the English-speaking world, from London, the Imperial\u003cbr\u003ecentre, to the remote Canadian mining town of Kirkland Lake in the Northern\u003cbr\u003eOntario bush. The murder becomes celebrated as the crime of the century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe\u003cbr\u003elayers of mystery deepen as the involvement of Count Alfred de Marigny, Oakes’s\u003cbr\u003eson-in-law, comes into question. Also suspicious are the odd machinations of\u003cbr\u003ethe governor of the Bahamas, the former King Edward VIII. But despite a\u003cbr\u003esensational trial, no murderer is convicted. Rumours about Oakes’s missing\u003cbr\u003efortune are unrelenting, and fascination with the story has persisted for\u003cbr\u003edecades.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAward-winning biographer and popular historian Charlotte Gray explores the life\u003cbr\u003eof the man behind the scandal—from his early, hardscrabble\u003cbr\u003edays during the massive mineral rush in Northern Ontario, to the fabulous\u003cbr\u003efortune he reaped from his own gold mine, to his grandiose gestures of\u003cbr\u003ephilanthropy. And Gray brings fresh eyes to the bungled investigation and\u003cbr\u003eshocking trial on the remote colonial island, proposing an overlooked suspect\u003cbr\u003ein this long cold case. \u003cem\u003eMurdered Midas\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of the man behind\u003cbr\u003ethe newspaper headlines, a man both admired and reviled who,\u003cbr\u003edespite great wealth and public standing, never experienced justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Charlotte Gray","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47006996758677,"sku":"9781443449366","price":4.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9781443449366.png?v=1777422816","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9781443449366_murdered-midas","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}