Blackmail, fraud and the boss from hell suffering a mid-life crisis - and that's just Ralph Murray's work life.
Thirty-three year old Ralph's passion for golf and his wife Haley's passion for Gucci mean that they have built a mountain of debt.
Meanwhile, Ralph's boss, Alex Brice is having an affair with his PA but is terrified of being hammered in a divorce court.
Fifty-four year old Albert Fagan also works under Brice, hates the man, but is content with a simple life of soap operas, mugs of tea and correspondences with a Russian bride-for-hire scammer named Valerie.
Soon, Fagan uncovers Brice's secret, begins spying on him and builds a secret dossier of his movements, while Ralph uncovers Haley's spending sprees, the wad of unopened bills and now there's another baby on the way. He fires the au pair, ditches the jeep and begins embezzling his employer.
Denims and hair dye have made Brice a new man. His speech is loaded with talk of downloads, iPods and Shakira. But Fagan has done his work and soon begins his blackmailing.
Ralph's embezzlement is eventually uncovered. To avoid jail he's blackmailed by Brice and becomes enmeshed in Fagan and Brice's sordid world, only now there is the added hazard of lurking Russian mafia hit-men.