A man is found dead in a secured room of a large drug manufacturer. His mistress has been called the most beautiful woman in the world. When she turns her charms on Lawton Close, he doesn't stand a chance. Still, the question remains, Who killed her last lover? How was it done? The cops think it must have been suicide but Lawton Close knows better. Everyone is at risk, especially Max, Lawton Close's chief investigator, because the world's most beautiful woman has an equally beautiful sister. Not everyone will make it. Could this be the last book in the Lawton Close series?
The financial crash of 2008 has left many in its wake. When investors accustomed to lavish lifestyles and champagne dreams learn that their beloved ICON Funds have collapsed and are empty shells in what has turned out to be nothing more than a giant Ponzi scheme, everyone is angrybut someone is goaded to act. After ICON CEO Jake Barlton is killed in a massive explosion aboard his mega yacht in Palm Beach, Max Kellys ex-girlfriend is arrested for the murder. The police have all the evidence they need to put Carrie Strudel away for the rest of her lifeunless consultant Lawton Close can poke a hole in their case. Yet just as he becomes completely immersed in the complicated investigation, others begin dying and the unthinkable is revealed as the new reality. This time, it is personal for Max. Lawton is facing a difficult undertaking; nothing is as it seems in an empire of lies created by the master conman. But just as he thinks he has heard it all, Lawton learns there is a secret stash of gold and now must determine whether Jake Barlton died at the hands of a killer driven by greedor revenge.
The FBI is on the trail of international terrorists. The trail leads them to the summer home of Lawton Treadwell Close, consultant to the rich and powerful. They want to know why his man Kelly was banished to the Catskills, and what he was doing with the girlfriend of the mysterious man from the middle east. Lawton Close wants to know who has been making trouble at the building site of the largest private residence in the country. Sex, money, power, and extremists make for a dangerous combination; one sure to be the death of one or more of the parties. And all of them want to be included in the biggest party of all, the party of the century. Lawton Close, Teddy, Max and Dickie may have bitten off more than they can chew. They should have used better portion control.
Lawton Treadwell "LT " Close is a lawyer and a well-known consultant to the rich and pampered in New York City. Their names and faces constantly appear in the headlines, but LT sees them regularly in his office. He knows how the crime game is played-and sometimes the game is deadly. It's 1995, the economy is overheated, and someone is masterminding the thefts of famous paintings. The last person who attempted to uncover the thief's identity is dead. Now it's LT's turn to start asking the questions. He faces this challenge with only Max Kelly, his trusted man-of-action; Dickie Douglas, his new age personal trainer; and Teddy Martin-Smyth, his industrial designer girlfriend, whose designs include marriage by any means. This small band of misfits must somehow survive and prevail in the land of celebrities, artists, socialites, entertainers, and powerful, sinister forces at play just beneath the gold leaf veneer of the Hamptons. A killer with a penchant for expensive art is loose in this playground for the rich and famous, and LT has to figure out how to keep himself-and everyone else-alive.
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