BLOWN

Mark Haskell Smith has been hailed as "the slightly more well-adjusted offspring of Hunter S. Thompson and James Ellroy" (Los Angeles Times) for his biting satires. In Blown, he turns his sharp eye on a wildly entertaining story of greed and corruption, sexual desire, and offshore banking gone awry. Bryan LeBlanc worked his way into a plum position on Wall Street as the boy genius of the foreign exchange desk.
After years of being surrounded by acolytes of the free market, he finally realizes that being honest at a dishonest job is not the path to finding your bliss. Disillusioned, he hatches an intricate plan to permanently disappear with enough misappropriated money (and sailing classes) to spend his days island hopping the Caribbean on his yacht. But being a criminal, even a smart one, is more complicated than he ever expected.
Bryan soon finds himself on the run in the Cayman Islands ... wanted for murder. On his trail is an unorthodox team of investigators hell-bent on reclaiming the stolen millions before the scandal goes public??including his former boss, who's on the cusp of her own existential crisis ; the investment bank's lovesick collections agent ; and an ex-cop from Cura?ao with a chip on his shoulder. Blown starts as a simple case of embezzlement and explodes into a fatal high-stakes gamble for money, high sea adventure, and the ultimate price of happiness.