Once a man commits the perfect crime, he just can't stop, in this shocking and brilliant thriller from "a master of suspense" ( Los Angeles Times ).

In a dive bar on St. John, a sixty-two-year-old man has a story to tell...

Jordan Wise was once a mild-mannered accountant dutifully toiling away at a San Francisco engineering firm. He was not the kind of man who would break the law, or capture the attention of a woman like Annalise Bonner. She was beautiful, impulsive, and free-spirited, everything that Jordan wasn't.

But when Annalise got under his skin, Jordan came up with a plan that put his underappreciated talents to use, embezzling enough money to start a new life in the Caribbean. It was a scheme that Annalise couldn't resist.

With a new identity, a new wife, and a stolen fortune, Jordan shed his past. But he couldn't escape himself, and the temptations that even a tropical paradise couldn't satisfy...

"Pronzini's book, with its smooth writing, crisp dialogue, deft characterization and subtly ambiguous story line, puts the lie to the facile distinction between 'literary' and genre fiction. Crime may figure in the tale, but if this is 'just a crime novel,' then so is Crime and Punishment." - The Philadelphia Inquirer

"After 66 novels, including the distinguished Nameless Detective series, Pronzini's energy seems undiminished and his cool intelligence as appealing as ever." - Kirkus Reviews