Danny Tyler built fake identities for his family's criminal empire. The CIA didn't want to stop the fraud. They wanted to weaponize it. They sent Laura Donovan to control him. She became his partner, his co-conspirator, his most dangerous secret. Together they're building leverage against people who think they own them.
One built the systems. One walked into the room. Neither looked back.
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In a world built on lies, the only identity that matters is the one you're willing to die for.
Danny Tyler walked away from his family's criminal empire four years ago. He built a clean life, put distance between himself and the schemes that made the Tylers one of South Florida's most connected families....
Scott Tisch writes crime thrillers about people who live in the spaces between legal and illegal, loyalty and betrayal.
Before turning to fiction, Scott spent three years researching synthetic identity fraud, one of the fastest-growing financial crimes in America. That work took him through FBI case files, federal court documents, and interviews with investigators, prosecutors, and a few people who'd prefer to remain anonymous. The goal was simple: get it right.
But the real education started earlier. Growing up between South Florida and New York, Scott was surrounded by people who operated in gray areas—people who taught him that the line between right and wrong isn't always where you'd expect to find it. Two decades in a career built on understanding how people present themselves to the world only sharpened that perspective.
When he's not writing, Scott can be found experimenting in the kitchen, exploring new places, or sweating through a VR workout. He's currently at work expanding the Tyler Family Network.
Synthetic Identity is his debut novel.
Scott Tisch writes crime thrillers about people who live in the spaces between legal and illegal, loyalty and betrayal.
Before turning to fiction, Scott spent three years researching synthetic identity fraud, one of the fastest-growing financial crimes in America. That work took him through FBI case files, federal court documents, and interviews with investigators, prosecutors, and a few people who'd prefer to remain anonymous. The goal was...
When I sat down to write Synthetic Identity, one of the earliest decisions I made was also one of the most consequential: Danny Tyler would tell this story himself.
That might sound simple. Pick a point of view, start writing. But for a crime thriller built around a family-run fraud operation, first person was a gamble. It meant locking the reader inside the head of a man who does terrible things for a living. No distance. No safety net. No omniscient narrator to step in and remind you that...
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