Too Big to Jail examines how HSBC became the Mexican drug cartel's bank of choice and how, when caught, they avoided prosecution.
Packed with insights and details that will both amaze and appal you . . . if it doesn't make you angry, you need to check your pulse
The sheer hubris, greed and arrogance of bankers is laid bare in shocking, and at times hilarious, detail. Blackhurst takes them on and pricks their bubble of self-congratulatory entitlement
Full of extraordinary revelations. Epic story-telling about a shocking scandal. Read this!
Blackhurst’s tale would make an exciting novel. But alarmingly, this is a true story, carefully researched and told with gusto
A pacey, page turning thriller tale of banking collusion with extreme criminality
[Blackhurst] writes with gusto ... a diverting book
Blackhurst’s attention to detail is excellent, as is his lucid analysis
Highly entertaining . . . told with pace, gusto, and a strong sense of moral outrage
Chris Blackhurst is an award-winning business writer and commentator. He is a former editor of
The Independent and for ten years was City editor of the
Evening Standard. Before that he worked for
The Sunday Times on its business pages and Insight investigative team. He covered Westminster for several years for
The Independent, and for twenty years conducted the main interviews in
Management Today magazine with senior business and financial figures. His journalism has appeared in many of the world’s major publications.
Too Big to Jail is Blackhurst's first book.