title: The Spider (#44): The Devil's Pawnbroker
author: Grant Stockbridge
description: An epidemic of suicide claims businessmen on the eve of their success, leading The Spider down a paper-trail of crooked insurance and blood money.
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  # Maybe it’s Fate
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Weston Parker
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## BrixBaxter Publishing
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Find Weston Parker](part0002.html#1T140-610c4a3b384f4c5f9490cfc0bd3cd730)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Description](part0003.html#2RHM0-610c4a3b384f4c5f9490cfc0bd3cd730)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Introduction](part0004.html#3Q280-610c4a3b384f4c5f9490cfc0bd3cd730)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Dedication](part0005.html#4OIQ0-610c4a3b384f4c5f9490cfc0bd3cd730)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 1](part0006_split_000.html#5N3C0-610c4a3b384f4c5f9490cfc0bd3cd730)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 2](part0007_split_000.html#6LJU0-610c4a3b384f4c5f9490cfc0bd3cd730)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 3](part0008_split_000.html#7K4G0-610c4a3b384f4c5f9490cfc0bd3cd730)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 4](part0009_split_000.html#8IL20-610c4a3b384f4c5f9490cfc0bd3cd730)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 5](part0010_split_000.html#9H5K0-610c4a3b384f4c5f9490cfc0bd3cd730)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 6](part0011_split_000.html#AFM60-610c4a3b384f4c5f9490cfc0bd3cd730)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 7](part0012_split_0