Young George Ferrier's frivolous jaunt in London ends with an unexpected encounter with the wealthy Mr. Green an old friend of his father who spontaneously drafts George into being a trustee for his daughter Elma. George accepts (primarily due to the payment involved) and puts it out of his mind returning home to his high-spirited Irish mother distracted astronomer father and friends Peter Seeley and his sister Cathy. But Mr. Green's sudden death - and the discovery that his fellow trustees are distinctly on the shady side - launches George into a series of rollicking adventures as he attempts to secure the overly-sheltered Elma's wealth protect her from fortune-hunters and shield her from her own naïve instincts. First published in 1939 and out of print for many years Green Money is a delightful tale of fortune and fraud innocence and experience - and of course romance.
