This is The Guardian.

Today, the teenager who pretended to be a Russian billionaire and was found dead in the River Thames. For decades, London has been a magnet for global wealth, a flashy playground for the super rich.

To one teenage boy, it contained an elite scene he desperately wanted to be part of.

The oligart class.

Not just rich, but powerfully connected billionaires who amassed such huge fortunes with so few questions asked,

they helped turn London into what was called the dirty money capital of the world.

Zach Brettler began posing as the son of one.

Within months, he was found dead on the riverbank in central London.

He was 19 years old.

In his explosive new book, author and New Yorker journalist, Patrick Raddenkeith has tried to uncover what the Metropolitan Police failed to.

What really happened to Zach? How did he become ensnared in one of London's most dangerous circles?

And who is responsible for his death?

From The Guardian, I'm Lashin-Ikbal.

Today in focus, Patrick Raddenkef, welcome to today in Focus.

It's lovely to be with you.

Now, you're a New Yorker writer, staff writer,

and author of some of the best nonfiction narrative books of the last decade.

And your new one, London Falling, is about the life and mysterious death of Zach Brettler.

It's about a lot more, but it's mostly about Zach.

How did you come upon this story?

It came to me in the strangest way.

I was living in London in the summer of 2023. I was producing a television drama based on my book, Say Nothing. And I was just sort of sitting on a chair between shots and a guy plopped down next to me, a stranger who was visiting the set that day. So I just started chatting

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