Description
From the celebrated, award-winning investigative journalist and bestselling author of Say Nothing and Empire of Pain comes a mesmerizing, deeply intimate true crime account of a family shattered by an inexplicable tragedy. In the early morning hours of November 2019, surveillance cameras at the MI6 headquarters along the River Thames captured a haunting silhouette of nineteen-year-old Zac Brettler falling from the balcony of a luxury housing complex. Following his devastating death, his grieving parents embarked on an agonizing quest for accountability, only to uncover a staggering double life their son had meticulously constructed right under their noses.
Passing himself off across the city as the billionaire heir to a prominent Russian oligarch, Zac had unknowingly slipped into a shadowy criminal underworld fueled by exorbitant wealth, dangerous deception, and predatory figures operating beneath the surface of a rapidly transforming, gilded London. This gripping, meticulously researched narrative balances a propulsive suspense investigation with a poignant, heartbreaking exploration of parental love, grief, and the elusive nature of truth in an increasingly unjust world. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5].
