The Perfect Fake

Barbara Parker raises the stakes of cliff-hanger suspense in an exciting new novel of deception and murder on a global scale....

Artist Tom Fairchild has a troubled past he can't shake. That's why he jumps at millionaire Stuart Barlowe's irresistible offer to travel to Italy and make an exact copy of a rare Renaissance map. Accompanied overseas by Barlowe's equally irresistible daughter, Allison, Tom suspects that what Barlowe wants is not a copy, but a forgery—and that he's prepared to kill to get it. As pawns in a reckless new game, Tom and Allison are running for their lives—while chasing the startling truth behind the mystery of the perfect fake.