"Perry remains a kind of literary alchemist, able to mix
often-incompatible elements, intricate plotting and subtle
characterization, into crime-fiction gold." --Booklist
Murder, money, and marriage pack a triple treat in this absorbing,
character-driven crime novel from Thomas Perry.
When Los Angeles P.I. Phil Kramer is shot dead on a deserted suburban
street in the middle of the night, his wife, Emily, is left with an
emptied bank account and a lot of questions. How could Phil leave her
penniless? What was he going to do with the money? And, most of all, who
was the man she thought she married? Meanwhile, Jerry Hobart has some
questions of his own. It's none of his business why he was hired to kill
Phil Kramer. But now that he's been ordered to take out Kramer's widow,
he senses a deeper secret at work--and maybe a bigger payoff from Ted
Forrest, the mysterious wealthy man behind the hit.