A coupleâs insurance scam could turn a faked death into a real one, in this witty crime thriller by the Edgar Awardâwinning author of the Dortmunder novels.
 After more than a decade of skipping out on their debts, Lola and Barry owe a lot of money to the wrong people. To escape the loan sharks, Barry decides itâs time for one of them to dieâor at least to pretend to. As the venue for this insurance fraud, they choose Lolaâs home country, Guerrera, where death certificates come cheap and government record-keeping is sketchy at best. There is only one problem: la familia.
After Barryâs âdeath,â Lola returns to the US, leaving her husband in the hands of her family as he begins to assume her brotherâs identity. But the South-American hospitality of Lolaâs relatives soon wears thin as they realize that their lives might be easier if Barryâs death werenât just an act. Conning an insurance company is tricky enough, but no matter the country, no one is more dangerous than the in-laws.