A True Story of Murder, Highjacking, and Conspiracy on the High Seas

   

In 2011, an oil tanker named Brillante Virtuoso was hijacked in the Gulf of Aden.

At first, this seemed like an unfortunate, but fairly common pirate attack. But when investigators looked deeper, they realized everything about this event was far from typical.

This is the story of a murder mystery, a shady shipping magnate, international insurance fraud, and two dogged cockney private investigators who cracked the case.

Guests Matthew Campbell and Kit Chellel have a new book, Dead in the Water, that tells the gripping tale. Both are journalists at Bloomberg Businessweek.