Isabel Dalhousie, Philosophin und Amateur-Löserin von Problemen anderer Menschen, trifft auf einer Geburtstagsfeier eine alte Feindin: Minty Auchterlonie. Die ehrgeizige Minty ist mittlerweile Chefin einer Investmentbank und hat Schwierigkeiten mit ihren Aktionären. Isabel wird in eine düstere Welt der Verschleierung von Finanzen gezogen.
Isabel Dalhousie, philosopher and amateur solver of other people's problems, meets an old foe, Minty Auchterlonie, at a birthday party attended by their young children. Ambitious Minty, now the head of a small investment bank, is in trouble with her shareholders. Isabel becomes involved, and is drawn into a murky world of financial concealment.
Minty is not the only high-flier in Isabel's life; her niece Cat has just become engaged to a tightrope-walking stuntman. Isabel fears his next job - and the engagement - could end in disaster. Meanwhile, her own boyfriend Jamie has marriage in mind too . . .
