The Zoe Zimmerman Anomalies
Out ofSight
Alene Adler
The Zoe Zimmerman Anomalies
The one number that doesn’t reconcile.
Globetrotting financial-crime capers with first-class scenery and economy-class dignity — from author Alene Adler.
Series № 1
The Zoe Zimmerman Anomalies
Forensic accountant Zoe Zimmerman finds the small lie in the numbers no one else notices — and keeps getting pulled into the global networks hiding behind it. The crime scene is a spreadsheet. The danger wears a good suit. The scenery is strictly first class.
Bellwether Trade Services · Vendor Clearances
Exhibit A
#0447Asterion Advisory Ltd.€400,000.00Cleared
#0448Asterion Advisory Ltd.€400,000.00Cleared
#0449Asterion Advisory Ltd.€400,000.00Cleared
#0451Asterion Advisory Ltd.€400,000.00Flagged
→ Invoice #0450 does not exist. Zoe noticed.
01 · The Anomaly
A vendor with no footprint. An invoice that’s slightly too round. A payment sitting just under the review threshold. Small things. Small things are never small.
02 · The Architecture
Behind every anomaly, a scheme built by powerful people with excellent lawyers. In these books the danger wears a good suit, and the weapon is usually a wire transfer.
03 · The Departure Gate
Luxembourg. Cyprus. Mauritius. Rome. Jaipur. Lake Geneva. Every case runs through somewhere worth the airfare. Zoe packs light and audits heavy.
Best read in order — the con gets longer every book.
Book One Available now
Out of Scope
New York · Luxembourg · Cyprus
A ghost vendor in a Luxembourg acquisition. A forged signature with Zoe’s name on it. Her last consulting engagement just became her first case.
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Book Two Preorder · Aug 8
Out of Reach
New York · Mauritius
A $7.4 million ransom, paid in full — for a kidnapping that never happened. Then someone actually disappears.
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Book Three Preorder · Sept 8
Out of Context
New York · Rome
The paperwork is real. The four-thousand-year-old artifact is not. In Rome, Zoe discovers provenance can be laundered like money — and this time the anomaly is personal.
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The case file is still open.
Three more anomalies are already under audit — covers and dates to follow.
The Zoe Zimmerman Anomalies
Out ofPractice
Alene Adler
The Zoe Zimmerman Anomalies
Out ofNowhere
Alene Adler
More anomalies on the docket — the series is mapped through at least ten cases.
“I could trace half a million euros through three shell companies before lunch, but I could not decide whether the toothbrush in Kevin’s bathroom was evidence of a shared life or just proof that neither of us liked packing one.”— Zoe Zimmerman, Out of Scope
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About the author
Alene Adler
Alene Adler writes mysteries where the murder weapon is usually a wire transfer. Before turning to fiction, she spent years watching how money moves when it doesn’t want to be seen — an education that turned out to be excellent plotting material.
The Zoe Zimmerman Anomalies follow a forensic accountant who keeps finding the one entry that doesn’t reconcile, in ledgers and in life. Alene writes from New Jersey and researches from anywhere with a departures board.
For rights & media inquiries: hello@aleneadler.com