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1) Razor girl
Author
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
When Lane Coolman's car is rear-ended on the road to the Florida Keys, this accident is no accident. Behind the wheel of the offending car is Merry Mansfield-- the eponymous Razor Girl-- so named for her eye-popping twist on an otherwise unexciting scam. But this is only the beginning of a series of events that spiral crazily out of control while unleashing some of the wildest characters Hiaasen has ever set loose on the page. --Publisher
2) The scam
Author
Series
Fox and O'Hare volume 4
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Nicolas Fox is a charming con man and master thief on the run. Kate O'Hare is the FBI agent who is hot on his trail. At least that's what everyone thinks. In reality, Fox and O'Hare are secretly working together to bring down super-criminals the law can't touch. Criminals like brutal casino magnate Evan Trace. --Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Sisterhood volume 31
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
When Alexis Thorn encounters a distraught young woman, Bella Nolan, alone in a restaurant, crying instead of eating, she offers comfort and soon uncovers a mission that will require the very particular skills of the Sisterhood. Alexis learns that the woman's husband was recently killed in action in Afghanistan. Before he reported for duty, they took steps to preserve their chances of having children. But when Bella visits the fertility clinic, she...
4) Outfox
Author
Language
English
Description
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 women out of their fortunes before they disappeared without a trace, their families left without answers and the authorities without clues. The only common trait among the victims: a new man in their life who also vanished,...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Landmark
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Meg Williams. Maggie Littleton. Melody Wilde. Different names for the same person, depending on the town, depending on the job. She's a con artist who erases herself to become whoever you need her to be. A college student. A life coach. A real estate agent. But nothing about her is real. She slides alongside you and tells you exactly what you want to hear, and by the time she's done, you've likely lost everything. Kat Roberts has been waiting ten...
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Joe Ross invents a formula that promises to make his company unimaginably rich. But soon Joe begins to suspect that his boss will never share the profits. With that seed of doubt an intricate con game soon falls into place.
8) The pursuit
Author
Series
Fox and O'Hare volume 5
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Nicolas Fox, international con man, thief, and one of the top ten fugitives on the FBI's most-wanted list, has been kidnapped from a beachfront retreat in Hawaii. What the kidnapper doesn't know is that Nick Fox has been secretly working for the FBI. It isn't long before Nick's covert partner, Special Agent Kate O'Hare, is in hot pursuit of the crook who stole her con man. The trail leads to Belgium, France, and Italy, and pits Nick and Kate against...
9) Confidence
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
Jack Vig was set to pull off the con of a lifetime until his old mark became his new partner and he had to scramble to find a way out with the money and his life.
10) Wandering wild
Author
Publisher
Sky Pony Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
A teenage girl from a family of Wanderers must choose between the hustling, rambling way of life she has always known and the townie boy for whom she falls.
11) The job
Author
Series
Fox and O'Hare volume 3
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"FBI Agent Kate O'Hare is a force of nature, and she's lived for one thing and one thing only: to put the slippery conman known as Nicolas Fox behind bars. Nick is a fed's worst nightmare: exceptionally talented in his line of work, known the world over for being able to pull off some of the most dangerous, high-profile cons. In a cruel twist of fate, Kate's bosses at the FBI force her to covertly partner up with Nick to take down big league crime....
Author
Language
English
Description
Summer is coming to a close on the East End of Long Island, and Alex is no longer welcome. A misstep at a dinner party, and the older man she's been staying with dismisses her with a ride to the train station and a ticket back to the city. With few resources and a waterlogged phone, but gifted with an ability to navigate the desires of others, Alex stays on Long Island and drifts like a ghost through the hedged lanes, gated driveways, and sun-blasted...
Author
Series
Fox and O'Hare volume 1
Language
English
Description
Just when it seems that international crook Nicolas Fox has been captured for good, he pulls off his greatest con of all: he convinces the FBI to offer him a job, working side by side with Special Agent Kate O'Hare. Problem is, teaming up to stop a corrupt investment banker who's hiding on a private island in Indonesia is going to test O'Hare's patience and Fox's skill -- if the two don't kill each other first.
Author
Series
Sisters of Mercy Flats volume 1
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
The McDougal sisters can swindle a man faster than it takes to lasso a calf. When the wagon carrying them to jail falls under attack, each sister is picked up by a different man. Unfortunately for Abigail, she's grabbed by a twit of a shoe salesman, Mr. Hershall Digman. She steals his horse and rides off to the nearest town, not giving him another thought-- until she discovers those secret papers in his saddlebags. Could Mr. Digman be a Confederate...
Author
Series
Desert Flowers mystery volume 4
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"While sidekick Matt Flowers shoots a film abroad, Poppy dusts off her own acting chops to break up a Gen Z crime ring targeting seniors in Palm Springs. Tanya Cook and her gal pals have been swindling susceptible residents for all they're worth--until the gang meets Poppy undercover ... Poppy's already sweating over a menacing mystery stalker when a shocking death proves she's in serious danger. As suspicions fall once again on Tanya, finding answers...
17) Bluff
Author
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"One-time socialite Maud Warner polishes up the rags of her once glittering existence and bluffs her way into a signature New York restaurant on a sunny October day. When she walks out again, a man will have been shot. Maud has grown accustomed to being underestimated and invisible, and she uses her ability to fly under the radar as she pursues celebrity accountant Burt Sklar, the man she believes stole her mother's fortune and left her family in...
Author
Series
Trash 'n' treasures mystery volume 1
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Author
Series
Cartel volume 8
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
The LaCroixs are four beautiful Haitian American women bound by money and blood. On the surface The LaCroix Group is a venture capitalist company, but underneath it's so much more. The four sisters run long cons, targeting wealthy, prominent business figures. They have a system. Find the perfect mark, create the problem, then present the solution. For a cost... Sutton "Sutty" LaCroix, the eldest sister and an accomplished business maven, sits on the...
Author
Publisher
Broadstreet Publishing Group, LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Every saint has a past. Every sinner has a future. Based on the movie Miracle in East Texas, this is the story of two aging, fast-talking hucksters: Doc Boyd and Dad Everett. These hard-luck con men make their living swindling widows during the Great Depression by selling them shares in sham oil wells. The truth is that they're selling hope and more romance than the widows they swindle have ever known. Once they've sold about a thousand percent of...
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