Forgery By Deception

Forgery By Deception by Gene Piotrowsky Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense / Crime

Reviewed by Erin Britton

A tantalizing crime mystery that asks if a drug-smuggling operation can really be 100% foolproof.

A crime novel with a wide-ranging scope and an impressive collection of illegal activities.

Gene Piotrowsky's Forgery by Deception centers on a complex plot involving the South American drug trade and some seriously huge profits in the United States. With an intricate web of conspiracies and plenty of lies and double-crosses, there is much for the forces of law and order to unravel to bring the criminals to justice.

With exciting locations in both the United States and South America as well as several strong action sequences and surprising twists, Forgery by Deception is an explosive crime novel where even the details of the crime will keep the reader guessing. There is plenty to unravel and various red herrings to fish out. Piotrowsky has crafted an intriguing set of central mysteries that helps the future remain uncertain and absolutely tantalizing.

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After spending six-years in a highly successful financial career, Richard Brock felt a restlessness, a growing feeling that what he was doing was not enough. A need to step out and create something sensational, something no one had dared to do. He formulated an audacious two-fold plan that would confound and confuse multiple law enforcement agencies.

First, they were going to create economic chaos in the United States economy, by producing currency that is both genuine and untraceable. By using an informant in the Treasury Department with a Top-Secret clearance, he was able to pull-off the 'Heist of the Century.' A robbery so sensitive, that only a few select senior officials were informed. The result was that Security Chief, Thomas Ryan found it necessary to secure an independent agent outside of the Treasury Department, but with a department background.

Enter John Paxton, an old friend, and ex-Navy Seal, now retired who was a top Treasury Agent. Paxton, now 53 retired after having been seriously injured in a fire-fight during his last assignment. John is living on his sailboat the 'PEGGY SUE,' somewhere in the Florida Keys.

The Second part of Richards plan is to devise a one-hundred percent foolproof method of importing drugs into the United States. A method so complex, and a method so clever, that the DEA, The Coast Guard, and any other drug enforcement agencies, will be completely baffled.

Now for the last year, cut cocaine from Columbian drug lord Enrico Sanchez, has been successfully smuggled into New York City undetected.

Besides the law enforcement agents working on this case, a sharp and creative investigative reporter for The National magazine, has been tirelessly concentrating on this one particular story, a petite 45-year-old Cynthia Blane.

Frustrated by lack of substantial leads and clues, Cynthia formulates an almost absurd theory as to how the drugs are being brought in. What if the drugs are coming in legally? If so, they would have to be different. They would have to be in an innocuous form. Some everyday product. Something we take-for-granted.

John Paxton now looking for any anomalies in recent unsolved crimes, is directed by Sean London of the DEA to contact Cynthia about her theory. After they meet on his sailboat anchored in the harbor of the Bahama Island, San Salvador, they exchange information about both their cases. They concluded that, there is strong evidence that both of their cases are related in some fashion. The decision is that they join forces to solve both anomalies.