Danny has survived everything life has thrown at him: being abandoned at birth, multiple abusive foster homes, life as a con man in training. But when his latest "protector" dies suddenly, Danny has to think fast or he'll be back in...
Swindlers and swindling
- Auteur:Staunton, TedSommaire:
- Auteur:Black, HollySommaire:
Cassel comes from a family of curse workers—people who have the power to change your emotions, your memories, your luck, by the slightest touch of their hands. And since curse work is illegal, they’re all criminals. Many become mobsters...
- Auteur:Ruttan, StephenSommaire:
Found on the history shelves of the Greater Victoria Public Library, these twenty true stories are brought to life by Stephen Ruttan. They draw a picture of the life of a city with a recent past that's both unconventional and colourful...
- Auteur:Korman, GordonSommaire:
As the son of the world's most famous tech billionaire, spoiled Jett Baranov has always gotten what he wanted. So when his father's private jet drops him in the middle of a place called the Oasis, Jett can't believe it. He's forced to...
- Auteur:McFetridge, JohnSommaire:
The High had a couple of hit songs in the late '70s and now they're back playing the nostalgia circuit at casinos. The bass player, Barry, and the lead singer, Cliff, have found a way to make the tour worthwhile: rob the drug dealers...
- Auteur:French, NicciSommaire:
Psychotherapist Frieda Klein is called upon by DCI Karlsson to help solve a grisly murder in which the prime suspect is afflicted with a strange mental disorder. As the pair dig into the dead man's past, they find plenty of motive...
- Auteur:Hamilton, IanSommaire:
Winner of the Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel A CBC Bookie Award: Mystery and Thriller, Finalist A Quill & Quire Book of the Year An Amazon.ca Editors’ Pick In the first electrifying book of the series, Ian Hamilton...
- Auteur:Connolly, JohnSommaire:
John Connolly's originality and talent for storytelling have quickly made him one of today's preeminent thriller writers. Now, in The Unquiet, private detective Charlie Parker returns to untangle a horrifying story of betrayal...
- Auteur:Enrich, DavidSommaire:
In 2006, an oddball group of bankers and traders from some of the world's largest financial institutions made a startling realization: LIBOR--the London interbank offered rate, which determines the interest rates on trillions of...
- Auteur:Lynch, ScottSommaire:
With what should have been the greatest heist of their career gone spectacularly sour, Locke and his trusted partner, Jean, have barely escaped with their lives. Or at least Jean has. But Locke is slowly succumbing to a deadly poison...
- Auteur:Kunsken, DerekSommaire:
The breathtaking debut from acclaimed short story writer Derek Kunsken. Belisarius is a quantum man, an engineered Homo quantus who fled the powerful insight of dangerously addictive quantum senses. He found a precarious balance as a...
- Auteur:Carrick, M. A.Sommaire:
Renata Viraudax is a con artist recently arrived in Nadezra. She has one goal: to trick her way into a noble house and secure her fortune. As corrupt nightmare magic begins to weave its way through the City of Dreams, the poisonous...
- Auteur:Lynch, ScottSommaire:
An orphan's life is harsh -- and often short -- in the mysterious island city of Camorr. But young Locke Lamora dodges death and slavery, becoming a thief under the tutelage of a gifted con artist. As leader of the band of light-...
- Auteur:Whittall, Zoe.Sommaire:
A con artist can make you feel like the luckiest person on earth just to be in their presence. But when the jig is up, they ghost, and you’re left wondering if you ever mattered After the death of her wife, Shelby feels more alone than...
- Auteur:Blair, MichaelSommaire:
"Charles Pearson Brandt," Nina said, "was an independent financial advisor who ran a Ponzi scheme in Hudson and the West Island for fifteen years or so. About three years ago, though, he disappeared with his assistant-cum...
- Auteur:Hamilton, IanSommaire:
The prequel to the wildly popular Ava Lee series. Young Ava Lee is a forensic accounting who has just opened her own private firm. One of her clients, Hedrick Lo, has been swindled of more than a million dollars by a Chinese importer...
- Auteur:Hamilton, IanSommaire:
Ava Lee goes deep inside the shady world of online gambling in the second installment of the pulse-pounding series. In The Disciple of Las Vegas, forensic accountant Ava Lee is hired by the richest man in the Philippines to recover $50...
- Auteur:Simmons, KristenSommaire:
Pretty Little Liars meets Ocean's 11 in this highly commercial, intrigue-filled contemporary drama. Welcome to Vale Hall: a school for aspiring con artists. When Brynn Hilder is recruited to the elite Vale Hall, she can't believe her...
- Auteur:Swan, SusanSommaire:
Dale Paul is a witty, self-absorbed rogue and the hedge fund whale. He enjoys a life of self-delusion that allows him to gamble other people’s money for his personal enrichment. When his biggest gamble — involving the pensions of the...
- Auteur:Konnikova, MariaSommaire:
Think you can’t get conned? Think again. The New York Times best-selling author of Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes explains how to spot the con before they spot you. A compelling investigation into the minds, motives, and...