When Tyger Rebel Thomson starts working for a Russian oligarch, she could be on her way to the life of her dreams - assuming, that is, she lives long enough to get there. Tyger is desperate to escape from her New Age traveller upbringing. She works as a cleaner, while studying for the degree that will lead to a career in the City. Her goal is to save enough to buy a tiny flat of her own. Grisha Markovic is a man with enemies. He's loathed by the Kremlin, under observation by MI6, involved in acrimonious litigation over a Siberian gold mine, and rumoured to possess an explosive dossier containing details of a massive Russian tax fraud. Impressed with Tyger's intelligence, Grisha takes a fatherly interest in her and makes her his personal assistant. This could be the break she has been hoping for. Then she begins to suspect that the death of his last PA may not have been an accident...