Nigel Barlow, an esteemed British investment advisor in Miami, discovers that his partner in a centuries-old Swiss private bank, a bon vivant with a weakness for stunning beauties, has embezzled over $150 million from his elite clients. Nigel’s world crumbles as the investigations start, his income disappears overnight, his impeccable reputation is threatened, and he faces the wrath of his incensed clients, including powerful Russian oligarchs with their own brutal methods of retribution.
In a desperate attempt to reclaim the fortune, Nigel embarks on a dangerous crusade across three continents, uncovering a web of deceit, greed, betrayal, secret bank accounts and the shadowy world of offshore finance, where tax evasion is an international sport and governments will go to any lengths to crush it, even if it means striking illegal deals with other governments. From Paris to Miami, Moscow to Turin, Singapore to Zurich, it is a world where borders do not exist.
But the most intriguing aspect of his investigation lies within the obscure workings of the global art market, a haven for the ultra-wealthy to launder money and conceal wealth. As Nigel uncovers the truth, he must navigate a treacherous landscape of hidden collections, underground showrooms, free ports, corrupt officials, and the deadly consequences of crossing the wrong people – those he suspected, and those no one could have ever imagined.

(publ. 2026)