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Boaz Manor was a finance wunderkind. He started a hedge-fund company in Canada and later burst onto Wall Street with a product that could transform the crypto market. By all accounts, he was incredibly hard-working. Possibly brilliant. And...a shameless con man who ended up wanted in multiple countries. Chasing Boaz Manor explores Boaz’s schemes through the perspective of those he left in his wake.

When eight-year-old Leah's parents get divorced, her mother, Cessie, flees her conventional life as a suburban housewife in search of a glamorous big city career in journalism. In the chaotic years that follow, Cessie lurches from one apartment, job and toxic romance to the next, with her adoring daughter in tow. Cessie describes her parenting style as 'benign neglect', and their family motto, 'Commitment sucks the life right out of you', is tacked up on every rental fridge. In the aftermath of a disturbing sexual experience at a pool party, Leah finds herself crippled with anxiety.

Maya wants Nick to be less of a workaholic. Nick wants a divorce. But divorce is expensive. Then an unlikely solution presents itself: Nick needs to act like a better man. Then Maya will become happier, and Nick's payout to her will be far cheaper. But as Nick pretends to be a better man, he becomes one and remembers why he fell in love with Maya. Everything seems to be back on track. Until Maya finds out exactly what Nick had been planning....