A new thriller from Derringer and Thriller Award Winner Richard Helms!Imagine returning home from a business trip to find that your agoraphobic wife has disappeared, along with every trace of evidence that you had been married, or that she had even existed. David Proctor, believing his wife Barbara has been abducted, frantically seeks help from the police, but they reject his claims, suspecting that he is trying to run some kind of scam. Desperate for help, Proctor turns to Savannah private eye Hollis Dayton. Suspecting that Barbara Proctor might have been conning David all along, Hollis Dayton launches an investigation, and uncovers a stunning web of false identities, deceit, fraud, and murder. Worse, the deeper they delve into the disappearance of David Proctor's wife, the more convinced they becomes that Barbara might have vanished because of her involvement in a horrifying terrorist plot which has the potential to make the attacks of 9/11 pale in comparison!With just hours left before a disaster of unimaginable proportions, Hollis and David dash across country in a last-ditch effort to avert The Daedalus Deception!