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After cheating his clients out of billions of dollars in a Ponzi scheme, Parker Bennett disappears from his sailboat, and his body is never found. His wife, Anne, and son, Eric, are still under suspicion, but no one can prove their involvement in the crime. When Anne is forced to sell her mansion and its contents to pay restitution to Parker's victims, acerbic interior decorator Glady Harper, decorator to the wealthy, and her assistant, Lane Harmon, agree to help Anne decorate her new townhouse with what little money is left. However, the FBI thinks Parker is still alive and that Eric helped his father embezzle the money, and they are continuing their investigation. Meanwhile, Lane, believing Eric is innocent, becomes involved with him, driving a further wedge between her and her stepfather, who despises Eric. Fans will enjoy this quintessential Clark novel, with its fast pacing, sympathetic main character, soft-edged suspense, short chapters, multiple plotlines, many points of view, and inside look at the lives of the rich and famous.--O'Brien, Sue Copyright 2015 Booklist

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A missing con artist proves the catalyst for intrigue, revenge, and romance in this latest novel by the prolific Clark.Thirty-year-old widow Elaine "Lane" Harmon works for Glady Harper, an upscale interior decorator. She soon finds herself working on an unusual jobit's a small townhouse purchased by Eric Bennett, son of Parker Bennett, a notorious Bernie Madoff-like figure, for his mother to live in. Parker disappeared in a sailing accident before his many victims or the federal government could exact their revenge. Now his wife, Anne, is downsizing from their expensive mansion and Glady and Lane are decorating the place. But when Lane meets Ericlong suspected to be his father's collaboratorsparks fly. Eric denies he had anything to do with defrauding thousands of investors out of billions of dollars, and he's hired a security firm to prove his innocence. Meanwhile, a man named Ranger, whose wife recently died without realizing her dream of moving to Florida after they were victimized by Parker, has decided that Eric and Anne don't deserve to live at all. And a man who calls himself Tony Russoan undercover FBI agenthas moved in next door to keep an eye on Anne. Gorgeous, smart Lane, the mother of sweet little Katie and herself the daughter of privilege and power, isn't a terribly sympathetic character; and it doesn't help that she's a love magnet. While the author tries to raise the stakes with lots of nefarious schemes in play at once, none of it works. Clark pioneered a certain type of thriller and did it better than anyone, but her later novelsas evidenced by this onehave shown signs of wear with weak characterization, stilted dialogue, and sluggish, unimaginative plotting. This novel only serves to remind readers of how good Clark can be and isn't this time around. Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.