Secrecy World (Now the Major Motion Picture THE LAUNDROMAT)

"A compelling, fast-paced narrative . . . enlightening and deeply troubling."—Texas Monthly, "Best Books of 2017"

"[Bernstein] concentrates on telling the stories of those who broke the law, evaded taxes, circumvented international sanctions, hid assets, cheated partners, or 'normalized' fortunes made through crime and corruption."—The Washington Post

"Bernstein has followed the leads backwards and forwards. He fills in the details of who the players are and how they got there. He also takes some minor side trips to corrupt practices like drug dealing, a slave ship, abandoned construction and a fraudulent reinsurer, to show how these players are actively ruining the lives of others with their fake firms . . . Bernstein has an interesting style. He does with paragraphs what good writers do with chapters–entice. His paragraphs become cliffhangers for the next paragraph, keeping the reader hooked over a long, incredibly diverse and involved exposé. He gives the Panama Papers worldwide relevance. "—San Francisco Review of Books

"Bernstein, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, draws on the trove of leaked documents from the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca to expose how the wealthy hide income and evade taxes through offshore bank accounts and shell companies in island havens."—Joumana Khatib, The New York Times Book Review

“A searching look at the tangled, deeply buried financial network exposed by the publication of the so-called Panama Papers. . . . Bernstein does first-rate work in providing a map to a scandal that has yet to unfold completely.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"Well sourced and nontechnical, this work reads like the script to the next James Bond film."—Library Journal