The Perfect Fake, Barbara Parker
The Perfect Fake, Barbara Parker
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The Perfect Fake
A Novel

Author: Barbara Parker

Narrator: Richard Powers

Unabridged: 11 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/15/2008

Synopsis

Tom Fairchild is a man with a past he can't shake. He's struggling to make it as a graphic artist, but his probation officer thinks he belongs in jail. Then millionaire Miami real estate developer Stuart Barlowe offers him fifty thousand dollars to travel to Italy with his daughter Allison, a map expert and Tom's childhood love, to duplicate a rare Renaissance map. But Tom soon suspects that Barlowe wants a forgery, not a duplicate. He just doesn't know why, and Allison isn't talking. When people start turning up dead, and Tom and Allison realize they are being tailed, it quickly becomes clear that they have no one to trust but each other.

About Barbara Parker

Barbara Parker (1947–2009) was the author of thirteen mysteries, including the Suspicion series featuring Miami lawyers Anthony Quintana and Gail Connor. Her debut, Suspicion of Innocence, was a finalist for the Edgar Award for Best First Novel. She also penned four stand-alone thrillers, including The Dark of Day and The Perfect Fake.

About Richard Powers

Richard Powers has published thirteen novels. He is a MacArthur Fellow and received the National Book Award. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Overstory, and Bewilderment was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jim on December 05, 2022

This book is about an ex con who is having trouble being in the outside world. He has no money and his parole officer is riding him. He is asked to make a forgery of a map. He soon finds himself in a conspiracy and circumstances he did not bargain for. This was my introduction to this author and I th......more

Goodreads review by Paul on May 05, 2017

Tom Fairchild is a talented graphic artist living in Miami. He had recently been released from jail and is serving out the remainder of his sentence while on parole. Unfortunately for Tom, his parole officer harbors deep resentment toward him and would be more than happy to find him in violation of......more

Goodreads review by Joyce on February 18, 2013

I'm a big fan of Parker's Suspicion series, but I also like caper novels so this is a good choice for me. Sympathetic protagonists and cardboard villains, intriguing details of the caper/forgery set up and old maps, upbeat tone. Not Parker's best but lots to like here for fans of capers.......more

Goodreads review by Jon on January 18, 2025

Classifying this one is a little more difficult. Talented graphic artist and Dade County prison parolee Tom Fairchild, must recreate a work from the late renaissance era. But rather than art forgeries the likes of which I have heard about from author Daniel Silva (via Gabriel Alon -Sp?-), this book......more

Goodreads review by Marla on April 03, 2022

Good whodunit!......more

Quotes

“This novel demands that you hold on to your seat with both hands. How, then, will you turn the pages? Not to worry, they pretty much do it themselves.” Washington Post

“Gratifying Hitchcock territory...[a] vintage international thriller.” Houston Chronicle

“Parker delivers a fresh plot...[and] a surprising ending.” South Florida Sun-Sentinel

“A remarkable tale of international intrigue.” Miami New Times

“Engrossing…fresh and compelling.” Booklist

“Paul Garcia revels in the thuggishness of Parker’s Eastern European hit man, the whininess of her Florida millionaires, and the earnest, romantic nature of her hero, Tom Fairchild…The vocal distinctions are theatrical, lending drama to a novel of international intrigue.” AudioFile

“An interesting, quick-moving story…A satisfying read even for veteran mystery readers. Recommended.” Library Journal

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