Boston PI Spenser and best hand Hawk follow a con man’s path of smoke and mirrors in this thrilling entry in Robert B. Parker’s long-running series.

Connie Kelly thought she’d found her perfect guy on an online dating site. She fell so hard for handsome, secret M. Brooks Welles that she wrote him a look for almost 3 hundred thousand dollars, longing for a big come back on her purchase. But within weeks, both Welles and her money have died. Her therapist, Dr. Susan Silverman, about Robert B. Parker’s Little White Lies hands her Spenser’s credit card…

A self-proclaimed army hotshot, Welles had been a regular guest on country wide news shows speaking with authority about politics and world events. When he disappears, he leaves not only a jilted fan but a growing list of irritated investors, duped cops, and a group of paramilitary companies searching for revenge.

Enter Spenser, who quickly discovers that Welles’ name, résumé, and client list are only an elaborate scams. As he follows the mystery man’s path from Boston to backroads Georgia, Spenser will require help from trusted allies Hawk and Teddy Sapp to make sure Welles’s following con is normally his last.