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Author
Publisher
Forge, Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Mrs. Loretta Plansky, a recent widow in her seventies, is settling into retirement in Florida while dealing with her 98-year-old father and fielding requests for money from her beloved children and grandchildren. Thankfully, her new hip hasn't changed her killer tennis game one bit. One night Mrs. Plansky is startled awake by a phone call from a voice claiming to be her grandson Will, who desperately needs ten thousand dollars to get out of a jam....
Author
Series
Radar Hoverlander novels volume 3
Publisher
Distributed by Consortium Book Sales & Distribution
Pub. Date
[2013], �2013
Language
English
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...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Veteran con artist Roy spots an obvious easy mark when he meets Betty, a wealthy widow, online. In no time at all, he's moved into Betty's lovely cottage and is preparing to accompany her on a romantic trip to Europe. Betty's grandson disapproves of their blossoming relationship, but Roy is sure this scheme will be a success. He knows what he's doing" -- provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Radar Hoverlander novels volume 2
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
The efforts of con artists Radar and Allie to live honest lives are challenged by the arrival of Radar's con-artist father and the hapless Vic Mirplo's elevation in Santa Fe gambling circles.
Author
Series
Publisher
Solaris, an imprint of Rebellion Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Belisarius is a Homo quantus, engineered with impossible insight. But his gift is also a curse--an uncontrollable, even suicidal drive to know, to understand. Genetically flawed, he leaves his people to find a different life, and ends up becoming the galaxy's greatest con man and thief. But the jobs are getting too easy and his extraordinary brain is chafing at the neglect. When a client offers him untold wealth to move a squadron of secret warships...
11) Road dogs
Author
Publisher
Willaim Morrow
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Gentleman/banker-robber Jack Foley is back in prison doing a thirty-year sentence after a week-long escape. Brought in by Karen Sisco, US marshall, who got her man after being abducted with the escapees, Jack and Karen have a thing for each other, and Karen arrests him only after a meaningful 'time'out' together. Jack is resigning himself to doing time, lots of it, and he seems to have a friendly and easy control over the hardened criminals he is...
12) Razor girl
Author
Series
Andrew Yancy novels volume 2
Publisher
Random House Audio
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Involved in a car accident with a scam artist, a man helplessly watches his life spiral out of control following subsequent interactions with a sand-stealing company, a mafia capo, a reality show accordionist, and other eccentric characters.
13) Curses
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
Forced to live as a beast forever unless she agrees to marry a man of her mother’s choosing before her 18th birthday, Merit Cravan joins forces with a con artist who is her only hope in finding the best match.
Author
Series
Sisterhood series volume 31
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Custom House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A seemingly unassuming and sensible community treasurer uses embezzled funds to finance a spiraling art habit that immerses her in the identity of a wealthy collector and renders her increasingly indebted to her unsuspecting neighbors.
16) Simply lies
Author
Series
Mickey Gibson volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Two women--a former detective and a dangerous con artist--go head-to-head in a twisting game of cat and mouse"--
18) The unquiet
Author
Series
Charlie 'Bird' Parker novels volume 6
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A dazzling stranger changes the lives of two very different people in this gripping novel from the acclaimed author of The Best Kind of People. Does it matter if she isn't who she says she is? Monica has always been an anxious person, but after the sudden death of her wife she is barely able to leave her house, pushing away her friends and her family. At a grief support group, she meets alluring wild-child Cammie, who insinuates herself quickly into...
Author
Series
Last Mrs. Parrish novels volume 2
Publisher
Bantam
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Daphne and Amber Parrish are thrust back into one another's lives upon the resurgence of a long-forgotten threat, forcing a vicious game of cat and mouse where everything is on the line, in this thrilling sequel to the million-copy-bestselling Reese's Book Club Pick The Last Mrs. Parrish. Amber Patterson Parrish has come a long way from being an invisible wallflower. Her hard work and immaculate planning have paid off now that she's a prominent socialite,...
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