Imposter Syndrome

A Novel

From the #1 international bestselling author of True Crime Story comes a gripping new novel of a con artist who is dragged into the lavish London underbelly and must use his lifetime of unique skills to make it out.

On the run from his shady past, Lynch has just arrived in London, still looking over his shoulder to make sure he isn’t being followed. His phone is dead, and he has no money, no contacts, no one at all. Until he runs into a young woman named Bobbie who mistakes him for her brother, Heydon Pierce, who disappeared five years ago without a trace.

At Bobbie’s suggestion, Lynch goes to the Pierce family home, posing as Heydon to try to con some money out of them. But far from tricking them, his subterfuge is instantly discovered. He strikes the devil’s bargain with them—their silence for his cooperation in finding out what really happened to Heydon.

But Lynch’s investigation goes too deep and uncovers the fact that Heydon Pierce was tangled up with some dangerous and powerful people in London. Everyone has their own motives to keep Heydon well buried in the past. In such a conspiracy of mirrors, there’s only one thing Lynch knows for certain: the only person he can trust is himself.

©2025 Joseph Knox (P)2024 Penguin Audio

The narrating wasn’t bad but the story was all over the places

The book starts off really slow and introduces you to a character who throughout the whole book you never really get to know and even near the end of the book I never feel like I understood him the whole reason he left didn’t quite fit with how he was acting

Great Tale

Excellent first person narrative about getting involved in a con even though you’re a con artist. There’s a lot of moving parts that at times confuse but all gets explained in due course!