If the law's a mess… mess with the law.
Max Charlemagne is the best anti-money laundering investigator in Hong Kong—until a high-stakes sting goes disastrously wrong due to institutional politics. Scapegoated, professionally ruined, and stripped of his career by people he trusted, Max loses everything for simply doing his duty.
Exiled to the other side of the world in the quiet halls of Brimton Academy, Max now teaches international compliance to students eager for lucrative finance careers. It is a sterile, safe existence.
Until the red flags start appearing.
In his own classroom, Max detects the precise patterns of underground banking and money laundering he once fought to prevent. Worse, the perpetrators are using the exact mechanisms Max has just taught them.
Driven by the bitterness of his past and armed with lethal insider knowledge, Max is drawn back into a ruthless global financial underbelly. As the dirty money trail blurs, so does the line between right and wrong… until it disappears altogether.
In a world of dark money, the hardest thing to track is an honest man’s breaking point.
A gripping financial thriller where the lines between law enforcers, loophole exploiters, and blatant criminals disappear completely. Perfect for fans of John Grisham, Michael Ridpath, and Mick Herron who crave high-finance intrigue, institutional corruption, and brilliant, compromised protagonists.
