The Faker’s Guide to Survival
1975. Washington, DC. The Vietnam War is over.
To protect her mother, Flora has been faking it since she was a teenager.
Accused of smuggling weapons, Mercer must spy on anti-war protesters.
His handler Max, posing as a CIA agent, is desperate to find the one priceless object that can save his life.
But Mercer won’t play ball, and Flora begins to suspect that she’s not the only faker threatened with exposure.
Could death be the ultimate price for faking it?
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About Caroline
Caroline Taylor is a novelist and short-story writer who grew up in the mountain west and traveled widely, including a brief stint in the Foreign Service. A former publications manager and editor of Humanities magazine, she is the author of several mystery novels. Death in Delmarva was a finalist for the 2016 FREDDIE award. Loose Ends was the 2018 Goodreads best thriller set in DC and a recipient of a Firebird award in 2022. The Typist also received a Firebird award in 2022. Caroline's nonfiction book, Publishing the Nonprofit Annual Report: Tips, Traps, and Tricks of the Trade, won an APEX award for writing excellence. A collection of short stories, Enough! Thirty Stories of Fielding Life’s Little Curve Balls, features many of the stories that she has had published over the years.
