From the author of The Ballad of a Small Player --now a Netflix film starring Colin Farrell and Tilda Swinton-- a literary thriller about an American private investigator who travels to Turkey to track down the daughter of a wealthy family, unwittingly setting off a sinister plot. Four children from wealthy families are sent to a strict prestigious boarding school for troubled teenagers. Disgusted with the power that allowed their parents to get away with abandoning them to the school's oppressive regime, they form a close bond, vowing to disrupt the status quo by all means necessary. Years later, Tyler is a private investigator with a failing career who has been hired by petrochemical billionaire James Arthur Knight Jr. to find his run-away daughter, Chana. At a seaside hotel in Turkey, he finds Chana lounging with her three wealthy friends and living with a fake name. Enthralled by Chana's shyness and elegance, Tyler decides to keep his discovery to himself, accepting Mr. Knight's payments while feeding him elusive information and partying with Chana and her friends over wine and raki.

One night, when Tyler lets slip his relationship with the American consul, Chana lights up with interest and asks if he can orchestrate a meeting. With a backdrop of glitzy ex-pat parties and diplomatic galas, Chana conjures a plot involving the consul that sets into motion a dark chain of events. Tyler naively trails along as Chana and her friends suddenly become part of a violent conspiracy barreling toward a shocking conclusion.