Rollie Waters is the smartest guy in any room. He knows all the angles, and he’s never fewer than two steps ahead of trouble — a skill he learned from the con-artist father who raised him, though he hasn’t seen him in years. Like his father, Dan, Rollie knows how to offer cheap gifts with one hand while stealing the family silver with the other. But unlike Dan, Rollie is not a criminal. Rollie’s childhood was a mesh of perfectly believable lies stretched so thin that he barely knows who he is. It’s only when he’s working undercover as a Marine, inhabiting a false identity, that Rollie is comfortable in his own skin. The danger of deep undercover work makes use of his talents and keeps him out of trouble. Most of the time. After he’s yanked out of his latest assignment and tossed in the brig, he’s only partly surprised when the officials in charge mention one name: Dan Waters. U.S. government money — a lot of money — has gone missing, and they think Rollie’s father took it. The only way to find Dan is to trace the frail tendrils of truth scattered among Rollie’s childhood memories. To do that, he’ll have to go deep into the undercover identity of a lifetime: his own.
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"Really well-done thriller. Liked the tension between con-man father, Dan, and his son, Rollie. Liked the interweaving of past & present. I would give it five stars if I liked this genre more; if you like thrillers, read it!"
— Judith (4 out of 5 stars)
" For a thriller mystery book this was not a good one. Could not finish it. "
— Adriana, 10/12/2013" I couldn't stop reading this intriguing new book by Dave Rich. Highly recommend. "
— Beth, 10/6/2013" Unoriginal and slow. I barely finished this one. "
— Ashley, 2/22/2013" definite readalike for Lee Child. Gruff, stoic marine stands up for truth and justice but is certainly not afraid to bend the rules. door was left open for this to be a series which would be fine. Love the conman father character. "
— Coki, 12/24/2012David Rich has sold screenplays to most of the major studios and to many production companies in the United States and Europe. He wrote the feature film Renegades, starring Kiefer Sutherland and Lou Diamond Philips. Forsaking Los Angeles, he now lives and writes in Connecticut.
Jeff Cummings, as an audiobook narrator, has won both an Earphones Award and the prestigious Audie Award in 2015 for Best Narration in Science and Technology. He is also a twenty-year veteran of the stage, having worked at many regional theaters across the country, from A Contemporary Theatre in Seattle and the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta to the Utah Shakespeare Festival in Cedar City and the International Mystery Writers’ Festival in Owensboro, Kentucky. He also spent seven seasons with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.