Finance professor Kate Adams is reeling. After her husband's unexplained death, she runs away to the remote Alaskan wilderness to catch her breath, get back on her feet, and complete her research sabbatical in peace.

But even at the ends of the earth, Kate can't shake one nagging question: What was her husband working on before he died?

As Kate continues her research into unusual financial phenomena across the globe, a picture slowly starts to emerge, and suddenly, her husband's death doesn't look so accidental.

Together, Kate and Brad, a former flame and CIA officer,...