In Justin Cartwright's novel Other People's Money, Sir Harry Trevelyan-Tubal presides over Tubal & Co, one of London's last family-owned private banks. After the 2008 financial crisis, the venerable institution teeters on the brink of collapse, and Harry has secretly gambled with depositors' funds to save it. When his glamorous South African wife Fleur dies suddenly, Harry must confront grief, guilt, and betrayal while the bank's fate hangs in the balance. Among those imperiled is Estelle, an elderly woman whose beloved charity depends on the bank's survival. Blending wit and melancholy, the novel explores money, illusion, and trust—revealing how finance, like life itself, may rest on nothing but collective belief.
