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AFinancial Times Book of the Year
An Economist Best Book of the Year
A triumph of investigative journalism Tom Wright New York Times bestselling coauthor of Billion Dollar Whale
A fascinating read Highly recommendedJohn Carreyrou bestselling author of Bad Blood
Truly one of the most nailbiting pageturning terrifying truecrime books Ive ever read Nick Bilton New York Times bestselling author of American Kingpin
From awardwinning journalists Matthew Campbell and Kit Chellel the gripping truecrime story of a notorious maritime hijacking at the heart of a massive conspiracyand the unsolved murder that threatened to unravel it all
In July 2011 the oil tanker Brillante Virtuoso was drifting through the treacherous Gulf of Aden when a crew of pirates attacked and set her ablaze in a devastating explosion But when David Mockett a maritime surveyor working for Lloyds of London inspected the damaged vessel he was left with more questions than answers How had the pirates gotten aboard so easily And if they wanted to steal the ship and bargain for its return then why did they destroy it The questions didnt add upand Mockett would never answer them Soon after his inspection David Mockett was murdered
Dead in the Water is a shocking expose of thecriminal inner workings of international shipping told through the lens of the Brillante hijacking and its aftermath Through firsthand accounts of those who lived itfrom members of the ships crew and witnesses to the attacks to the exLondon detectives turned private investigators seeking to solve Mocketts murder and bring justice to his familyawardwinning Bloomberg reporters Matthew Campbell and Kit Chellel piece together the astounding truth behind one of the most brazen financial frauds in history
The ambitious culmination of more than four years of reporting Dead in the Water uncovers an intricate web of conspiracy amidst the lawless oldworld industry at the backbone of our new global economy
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