Mixing fact
and fiction to page-turning effect, the second thriller from the popular
journalist and broadcaster pitches an ambitious BBC hack into a deadly
conspiracy against the background of the global credit crunch.
As the
world falls apart, a deadly conspiracy comes together.
It's summer
in the City: the economy is booming, profits are up and the stock market sits
near record highs. But journalist Gil Peck is a lone voice worrying it can't
last. Deep in the plumbing of the financial system, he has noticed strange
things happening which could threaten the whole economy. But nobody
wants to hear it: not the politicians taking credit for an end to boom and
bust, not the bankers pocketing vast bonuses, not even Gil's bosses at the BBC,
who think it's irrelevant.
When Gil gets a tip-off that a small northern bank has run
out of money, everything changes. His report sparks the first run on a UK bank
in 140 years. The next day, Marilyn Krol, a director of the Bank of England
dies in an apparent suicide.
For Gil, it's personal. Marilyn was his lover: was his scoop
connected to her suicide? Or is there something more sinister in her death? Gil
is determined to find out. The more he investigates, the more he is drawn into
the rotten heart of the financial system, where old school ties and secret
Oxbridge societies lubricate vast and illegal conflicts of interest. The whole
economy has been built on a house of cards, and Gil is threatening to bring it
down.
When simply reporting the facts can make or break fortunes,
Gil has to ask himself: is he crossing the line between journalist and
participant? Are his own conflicts of interest making him reckless? And in a
world ruled by greed where nothing and no-one is too big to fail, what price
will he pay for uncovering the truth?
Publisher: Zaffre
ISBN: 9781804183526
Number of pages: 400
Dimensions: 234 x 153 mm
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