Whoever said you can't fool an honest man wasn't one'The Royal Bank is facing a crisis and it's time for a change of management. Who would not wish for that job?It's a job for life. But as former con-man Moist von Lipwig is learning the life is not necessarily for long.The Chief Cashier is almost certainly a vampire. There's something nameless in the cellar (and the cellar itself is pretty nameless) it turns out that the Royal Mint runs at a loss and people actually want to know where the money's gone. A 300 year old wizard is after his girlfriend he's about to be exposed as a fraud but the Assassins Guild might get him first. In fact lot of people want him deadOh. And every day he has to take the Chairman for walkies.Everywhere he looks he's making enemies.What he should be doing is... Making Money! Review As bright and shiny as a newly minted coin clever engaging and laugh-out-loud funny. •The TimesSmart hilarious and humane...if you've never read a Discworld novel what's the matter with you? •The GuardianTerry Pratchett is a comic genius. •Daily ExpressMost writing on the economy is either opaque or depressing this is funny. •Irish Examiner About the Author Terry Pratchett was the acclaimed creator of the global bestselling Discworld series the first of which The Colour of Magic was published in 1983. In all he was the author of over fifty bestselling books. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen and he was the winner of multiple prizes including the Carnegie Medal as well as being awarded a knighthood for services to literature. He died in Marc... See more

Whoever said you can't fool an honest man wasn't one'The Royal Bank is facing a crisis and it's time for a change of management. Who would not wish for that job?It's a job for life. But as former con-man Moist von Lipwig is learning the life is not necessarily for long.The Chief Cashier is almost certainly a vampire. There's something nameless in the cellar (and the cellar itself is pretty nameless) it turns out that the Royal Mint runs at a loss and people actually want to know where the money's gone. A 300 year old wizard is after his girlfriend he's about to be exposed as a fraud but the Assassins Guild might get him first. In fact lot of people want him deadOh. And every day he has to take the Chairman for walkies.Everywhere he looks he's making enemies.What he should be doing is... Making Money! Review As bright and shiny as a newly minted coin clever engaging and laugh-out-loud funny. •The TimesSmart hilarious and humane...if you've never read a Discworld novel what's the matter with you? •The GuardianTerry Pratchett is a comic genius. •Daily ExpressMost writing on the economy is either opaque or depressing this is funny. •Irish Examiner About the Author Terry Pratchett was the acclaimed creator of the global bestselling Discworld series the first of which The Colour of Magic was published in 1983. In all he was the author of over fifty bestselling books. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen and he was the winner of multiple prizes including the Carnegie Medal as well as being awarded a knighthood for services to literature. He died in March 2015.terrypratchett.co.uk Excerpt. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Chapter 1Waiting in darkness - A bargain sealed - The hanging man - Golem with a blue dress - Crime and punishment - A chance to make real money - The chain of gold-ish - No unkindness to bears - Mr Bent keeps timeTHEY LAY IN THE DARK guarding. There was no way of measuring the passage of time nor any inclination to measure it. There was a time when they had not been here and there would be a time presumably when they would once more not be here. They would be somewhere else. This time in between was immaterial.But some had shattered and some the younger ones had gone silent.The weight was increasing.Something must be done.One of them raised his mind in song.It was a hard bargain but hard on whom? That was the question. And Mr Blister the lawyer wasn't getting an answer. He would have liked an answer. When parties are interested in unprepossessing land it might pay for smaller parties to buy up any neighbouring plots just in case the party of the first part had heard something possibly at a party.But it was hard to see what there was to know.He gave the woman on the other side of his desk a suitably concerned smile.You understandMiss Dearheart that this area is subject to dwarf mining law? That means all metals and metal ore are owned by the Low King of the dwarfs. You will have to pay him a considerable royalty on any that you remove. Not that there will be any I'm bound to say. It is said to be sand and silt all the way down and apparently it is a very long way down.'He waited for any kind of reaction from the woman opposite but she just stared at him. Blue smoke from her cigarette spiralled towards the office ceiling.Then there is the matter of antiquities' said the lawyer watching as much of her expression as could be seen through the haze.The Low King has decreed that all jewellery armour ancient items classified as Devices weaponry pots scrolls or bones extracted by you from the land in question will also be subject to a tax or confiscation.'Miss Dearheart paused as if to compare the litany against an internal list stubbed out her cigarette and saidIs there any reason to believe that there are any of these things there?'None whats'Whoever said you can't fool an honest man wasn't one' The Royal Bank is facing a crisis, and it's time for a change of management. Who would not wish for that job? It's a job for life. But, as former con-man Moist von Lipwig is learning, the life is not necessarily for long. The Chief Cashier is almost certainly a vampire. There's something nameless in the cellar (and the cellar itself is pretty nameless), it turns out that the Royal Mint runs at a loss, and people actually want to know where the money's gone. A 300 year old wizard is after his girlfriend, he's about to be exposed as a fraud, but the Assassins Guild might get him first. In fact lot of people want him dead Oh. And every day he has to take the Chairman for walkies. Everywhere he looks he's making enemies. What he should be doing is... Making Money!