When a Latvian anti-money laundering officer sends a desperate warning to Swiss investigator Jim Simons, she expects answers.

Instead, she ends up dead.

Following her final message, Simons uncovers a hidden network that has moved billions through offshore companies, correspondent banks and secret accounts across Europe.

At the centre stands a shadowy figure known only as the Violist.

The closer Simons gets to the truth, the harder powerful people push back.

Soon the investigation triggers waves of cyber attacks, political pressure and a dangerous confrontation stretching from Latvia and Cyprus to Switzerland, Moscow and Washington.

Because some fortunes are built on secrets.

And some secrets are worth killing for.

The question is whether any secret is worth dying for.

Strings Attached is an international thriller inspired by real events surrounding Russian illicit finance, the Panama Papers and one of the most dangerous questions in modern banking:

Who really controls the money?