Winner of the True Crime Awards Book of the Year
Shortlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award
***A Waterstones Best Books of 2022 pick***
A Financial Times,The Times and The Economist Book of the Year
''Gripping... A startling tale of fraud and impunity. '' TheEconomist
''I read it in one sitting, and I know it''ll stay with me for a long time.'' Oliver Bullough, Sunday Times bestselling author of Moneyland
Inside the corrupt and secret business of global shipping, the explosive true story of a notorious international fraud and murder
In July 2011, the oil tanker Brillante Virtuoso was drifting through the treacherous Gulf of Aden when a crew of pirates attacked the vessel and set her ablaze. But when David Mockett, a maritime surveyor working for the ship''s insurer Lloyd