Harry Houdini, master illusionist and contortionist, unmasks the various ways that criminals take advantage of their victims.
Swindlers and swindling
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Author:Miles, RachaelSummary:A woman who has made her way in society without family or fortune, Lena is about to realize her first big success as an artist...until her business partner makes off with her money, leaving her with little more than her hopes-and a dead...
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Only days after a corrupt election and brutal street war, one last bloodthirsty game has begun. The players? The twenty-two most powerful, notorious people in New Reynes.
- Author:Brown, JanelleSummary:
Nina once bought into the idea that her fancy liberal arts degree would lead to a fulfilling career. When that dream crashed, she turned to stealing from rich kids in LA alongside her wily Irish boyfriend, Lachlan. Nina learned from the...
- Author:Ishola-Ayodeji, AbiSummary:
For as long as she can remember, Patience Adewale, the eldest daughter of Chief Kolade Adewale, has been waiting for confirmation that she is loved, that there is a place where she truly belongs. More than anything, Patience wants to...
- Author:Brown, SandraSummary:
FBI agent Drex Easton is relentlessly driven by a single goal: to outmaneuver the conman once known as Weston Graham. Over the past thirty years, Weston has assumed many names and countless disguises, enabling him to lure eight wealthy...
- Author:Williams, Rachel DeLoacheSummary:
Sex and the City meets Catch Me if You Can in the astonishing true story of Anna Delvey, a young con artist posing as a German heiress in New York City--as told by the former Vanity Fair photo editor who got seduced by her friendship...
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Author:Hunt, SamanthaSummary:After years of absence, Ruth leads her niece Cora on an odyssey across the entire state of New York. Where is Ruth taking them? Where has she been? And who--or what--is she hiding? In an ingeniously structured dual narrative, two...
- Author:Stapley, MarissaSummary:
A thrilling roller-coaster ride about a heist gone terribly wrong, with a plucky protagonist who will win readers' hearts. What if you had the winning ticket that would change your life forever, but you couldn't cash it in?...
- Author:Waters, JohnSummary:
This program is read by the author, John Waters. A filthy, uproarious, outrageous audiobook from the brilliant and twisted mind of John Waters, the filmmaker of Hairspray and national bestselling author of Mr. Know-It-All . Marsha...
- Author:Evanovitch, Janet, Goldberg, LeeSummary:
Après des années de poursuite, Kate O’Hare, agente spéciale du FBI, pense en avoir fini avec Nicolas Fox, le voleur le plus recherché (et le plus sexy!) du monde, en l’arrêtant et en le faisant emprisonner. C’est bien mal connaître ce...
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Author:Austin, LoriSummary:Cathleen Chase n’a rien d’une tueuse — mais Cat O’Banyon est l’implacable chasseur de prime qui attrape toujours son homme. Tout en capturant un truand après l’autre, elle poursuit sa recherche du seul hors-la-loi qu’elle tient vraiment...
- Author:Woods, StuartSummary:
When P.I. Stone Barrington crosses paths with a fetching Broadway actress--and sometime lip model--Stone gets a little more deeply involved with business than he'd expected. When his new lady love turns out to be a lady with a shady...
- Hype : how scammers, grifters, and con artists are taking over the internet--and why we're followingAuthor:Bluestone, GabrielleSummary:
Vice reporter Gabrielle Bluestone delves into the irresistible hype that fuels our social media ecosystem and pulls back the curtain on the manipulation game behind the never-ending scam season.
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Author:Lane, AmySummary:A Knitting Novella Everything about Jeremy has always been a lie—including his last name. When one grift too many ends in tragedy, Jeremy goes straight. But life’s hard for an ex-con, and Jeremy is down to panhandling and hope when...
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Author:Smith, BarbaraSummary:The Canadian Oxford Dictionary defines hoax as a “humorous or malicious deception,” and hex as “a magic spell.” In Hoaxes and Hexes, Barbara Smith explores these intriguing reflections of human nature, showing our curious desire to...
- Author:Reynolds, Daniel, Ho, OliverSummary:
Genghis Con is the story of guilt-ridden grifter, Alexis, who seeks redemption for herself and justice for her sister, Abigail, by taking part in a win or die rally race from England into the mountains of Mongolia. Along the way, she...
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Author:Thompson, RichardSummary:Herman Jackson never thought his past would catch up with him, least of all via a murdered Vietnam veteran named Charlie Victor. Jackson used to run a bookie operation in Detroit, but his bail bond business in St. Paul is much safer....
- Author:Hardinge, FrancesSummary:
Mosca Mye and Eponymous Clent are at it again. Escaping disaster by the skin of their teeth, they find refuge in Toll, a strange gateway town where visitors may neither enter nor leave without paying a price.
- Author:Waters, SarahSummary:
Orphaned as an infant, Susan Trinder was raised by Mrs. Sucksby, "mother" to a host of pickpockets and con artists. To pay her debt, she joins legendary thief Gentleman in swindling an innocent woman out of her inheritence.
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