Follow on from the 1986 film 'fx murder by illusion' in which tyler bryan brown is now semi retired. However, his girlfriend s ex husband talks him out of the quiet life after five years and into taking part in a police sting operation. When the latter is murdered, tyler investigates with the help of his old police partner brian dennehy and soon they are trapped in a dangerous web of murder, treachery and deceit. Brian brown and brian dennehy are back for an all new action thriller that continues the f x saga with stylish wit, unrelenting suspense and amazing high tech action. Five years after his first deadly adventure, rollie tyler brown has left the special effects business and now designs sophisticated toys for a living. But when his girlfriend's ex husband tom mason, a police detective, persuades him to devise an illusion to capture a serial killer, rollie is once again lured into the lethal world of make believe. And soon, he finds himself trapped in a murderous maze of deceit and treachery in which he must depend on his ingenious tricks and his friendship with detective leo mccarthy dennehy to expose a terrifying underworld conspiracy... But only if he can stay alive!