Simply lies
(Book)

"Two women--a former detective and a dangerous con artist--go head-to-head in a twisting game of cat and mouse"--,Provided by publisher.,Mickey Gibson, a single mother and former detective, uses her skills to hunt down wealthy tax and credit cheats. When she is asked to inventory the vacant home of an arms dealer, she discovers a dead body in a secret room. Further research indicates the dead man had ties to the mob and used to be in the Witness Protection program. Finding herself the prime suspect, Mickey has to use all her wits to prove her innocence.