The Alpha Portfolio

This is a story about a daughter’s search for the truth and her struggle against the silent misogyny within her family.

In the months leading up to the Global Financial Crisis, Lottie Sacramento is about to marry her fiancé Dan. She would consider herself one of life’s lucky ones. Working for her uncle’s business in the gilded world of European property fund management, Celestial has an investment track record to die for. Unfortunately, her fiancé does just that – in mysterious circumstances on a business trip to Frankfurt – and her world is thrown into turmoil.

As the financial crisis unfolds and Lottie searches for the truth about Dan and Celestial, she begins to unravel a series of dark family secrets.

Neil started his investment career in the City in the mid-1990s and has worked at various fund management houses in London and Frankfurt. He is a chartered surveyor and chartered financial analyst.

Following his retirement in 2016, he has spent his time writing fiction. Pass the Parcel is the first of a series of financial thrillers that Neil has been working on.

He lives in Woodbridge, Suffolk, with his wife, Michelle; twin boys, Tom and Charlie; and a black Lab – rapidly approaching middle age – called Barney.