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Series
Elixir fixers volume 4
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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When greedy Vadim Gentry, using a potion of persuasion from the Juicy Gizzard, orders Papa to sell the shop, Sasha must set things right without revealing that the potion did not work.
62) Road dogs
Author
Publisher
Morrow
Pub. Date
c2009.
Language
English
Description
Cuban con man Cundo Rey and gentleman bank robber Jack Foley are united in a scheme that involves the women in their lives and a beautiful psychic.
Author
Language
English
Description
Hairstylist Jess Greene has spent the last decade raising her younger half-sister, Tegan--and keeping a shocking secret. Ever since their reckless mother ran off with a boyfriend she'd known only a few months, Jess has been aware that he's the same accomplished con man who was the subject of a wildly popular podcast, The Last Con of Lynton Baltimore. Now thirty-one, Jess didn't bargain on Tegan eventually piecing together the connection for herself....
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English
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The rogue's life has been good to William Somerhall: He has his fortune, his racehorses, and his freedom. Then he moves in with his mother. It seems the eccentric Dowager Duchess of Worth has been barely skirting social disaster-assisted by one Miss Jenna Hughes, who is far too bright and beautiful to be wasting her youth as a paid companion. Now home to keep his mother from ruin, William intends to learn what's afoot by keeping his friends close-and...
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English
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"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...
Author
Series
Nancy Drew mystery stories volume 23
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
Nancy Drew and her two friends help uncover a gang of swindlers while vacationing in a seaside town.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"A filthy, uproarious, outrageous novel from the brilliant and twisted mind of John Waters"--
Marsha Sprinkle: Suitcase thief. Scammer. Master of disguise. Dogs and children hate her. Her own family wants her dead. She's smart, she's desperate, she's disturbed, and she's on the run with a big chip on her shoulder. They call her "Liarmouth"--until one insane man makes her tell the truth - book jacket.
68) Tuesday's gone
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Series
Language
English
Description
Psychotherapist Frieda Klein thought she was done with the police. But once more DCI Karlsson is knocking at her door. A man's decomposed body has been found in the flat of Michelle Doyce, a woman trapped in a world of strange mental disorder. The police don't know who it is, how he got there or what happened - and Michelle can't tell them. But Karlsson hopes Frieda can get access to the truths buried beneath her confusion. Painstakingly, Frieda uncovers...
Author
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
c2007.
Language
English
Description
Dr. Ambrose Gennett, a reputable doctor whose personal quest is to eradicate superstition, is determined to expose medium Lily Embly's fraudulent practices, especially after his sister and aunt are drawn into her popular spiritualist circle.
70) Rimfire
Author
Series
Those Jensen boys! volume 2
Language
English
Description
Smoke Jensen was a towering Western hero. Now his two freewheeling, long-lost nephews, Ace and Chance Jensen, are blazing a legendary trail of their own. Riverboat gambling is a blast, until hot-headed Chance finds out just what he won in his final hand against a Missouri River gambler named Haggarty. Chance's "prize" is a beautiful Chinese slave girl named Ling. The twins want to set Ling free and keep their cash, but at Fort Benton, Ling gives them...
Author
Series
Fire thief trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Kingfisher
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
The daughter of a grifter--who often plays parts in his amazing shows--must help Prometheus escape from Eden City before he is found and killed by the Avenger, a giant bird that does the bidding of Zeus.
Author
Publisher
BBC Audiobooks
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Detective Molly Owens is tracking down Charley Castle, one of the best confidence men and sleight-of-hand artists alive, when she learns her brother has been killed. When Molly leaves, Charley joins her to help get to the bottom of her brother's death.
74) The golden globe
Author
Publisher
Ace
Pub. Date
c1998.
Language
English
Description
A novel about Sparky Valentine, a con man and space actor with a theater troupe which is touring the solar system. With the aid of an implant he can transform himself to be young or old, fat or thin, man or woman.
75) A green flash
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c1986
Language
English
Description
A life of crime can be very alluring, especially to one who falls between law-abiding respectability and the underworld. For David Abden, a baronet's nephew who loves fast cars and women, illegitimate opportunities present more than mere temptation, and when the glamour of risk begins to consume his life, Abden is presented with few easy ways out.
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English
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"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 L.A. alongside her wily Irish boyfriend, Lachlan. Nina learned from the best: Her mother was the original con artist, hustling to give her daughter a decent childhood despite their wayward life. But when her mom gets sick, Nina puts everything on the line to help her, even if it means...
77) A million to one
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English
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An acrobat, an actress, an artist, and a thief, four girls who seemingly have nothing in common, work together and plot a heist to steal the Rubaiyat off the Titanic.
78) Grounded
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Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
After her father, brother, and sister are killed in a plane crash, twelve-year-old Daralynn's life in tiny Digginsville, Missouri, proceeds as her mother turns angry and embittered, her grandmother becomes senile, and her flamboyant aunt continues to run the Summer Sunset Retirement Home for Distinguished Gentlemen, while being courted by the owner of the town's new crematorium.
79) 419
Author
Publisher
Pintail
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
When her father dies after falling victim to an Internet scam, Laura Curtis sets out to find his killer and becomes embroiled in a dangerous game involving a scarred woman from the African Sahel and a man trapped in a world of violence.
80) The gatecrasher
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
"Everything's coming up roses for Fleur Daxeny, as she goes through more rich men than she does designer hats. Beautiful and utterly irresistable, her success at crashing funerals to find wealthy men is remarkable. Fleur wastes no time in seducing her latest conquest, the handsome and rich widower Richard Favour ..."--Page 4 of cover.
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