Suburban financial advisor Julian Kay has an elegant lifestyle and a glamorous fiancée, Stephanie, all supported by a fraudulent investment scheme. When things go wrong and clients ask for their money back, he must take desperate measures to maintain his standard of living. Along the way he meets Sonia, a young literature student who has some interesting money making sidelines of her own. Julian tries to start an affair with her, but his attempts at impressing her never seem to have the intended effect. This darkly humorous thriller puts you inside the head of a charming sociopath as he struggles to stop his comfortable world falling apart.About the Author: Ash Thakur was born in Edgware, north London and grew up in Hendon. He was educated at the Haberdashers' Aske's school in Hertfordshire and Imperial College, London, where he read Mathematics. Following a fifteen year career working for a variety of banks in the City, he decided to write a story about some of the shadier goings on at the edges of the financial world. The Scheme is his debut novel. He now resides in Golders Green, former home of Evelyn Waugh and presently Kazuo Ishiguro. His pastimes are travel, cooking and attending the theatre and classical concerts.