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81) Stone cold fox
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Like any enterprising woman, Bea knows what she's worth and is determined to get all she deserves--it just so happens that what she deserves is to marry rich. After a lifetime of forced instruction in the art of swindling men by her mother, Bea wants nothing more than to escape her shadow, close the door on their sordid past, and disappear safely into old-money domesticity. When Bea finds her final mark in the perfectly dull blue-blooded Collin,...
82) Fly by night
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Lexile measure
1010L
Physical Desc
487 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A twelve-year-old orphan, Mosca Mye, and her homicidal goose, Saracen, travel to the city of Mandelion on the heels of smooth-talking con-man Eponymous Clent, driven by her love of language to find a better life.
83) King of fools
Author
Series
Shadow Game volume 2
Publisher
Inkyard Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
599 pages : map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
With bounties on their heads, Enne continues to play the role of both a lady and a street lord, while Levi begins a relationship with the son of a member of the Mafia.
Author
Series
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
273 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Impossible doesn't belong in Riley Wolfe's vocabulary. He's a master of heists and disguises, whose life's work is swindling the rich out of their undeserved treasures. Now rumors surrounding a dangerous new figure of international crime are spreading through the underworld. And this ruthless collector, the Cobra, has a personal vendetta against Riley... No matter--with the aid of his new partner, Caitlin, Riley prepares to take on the most powerful...
85) City of betrayal
Author
Series
(Victoria E.).Counterfeit lady novel volume 7
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
308 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A year has passed since Elizabeth Bates ran her last con. Life has been simpler, although not nearly as exciting, but she has thrown herself into working to get the 19th Amendment ratified by thirty-six states to become the law of the land. Since every other Southern state has already rejected the amendment, it seems unlikely Tennessee will be an exception...but it's their only hope, so the suffragists descend on Tennessee for the final battle. Elizabeth's...
Author
Publisher
Dutton Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
309 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Heidi Hill has been juggling shady side hustles for all of Drew's life, and Drew knows that when she's asked to do "one thing" it really means all the necessary things her mother thinks are boring. Which includes taking care of her fifteen-year-old sister and eight-year-old brother. When their mother disappears on the way to a New Year's Eve concert in Mexico and her schemes start unraveling, Drew is faced with a choice: Follow the rules, do the responsible...
87) Out of the rain
Author
Series
(Virginia C.).Umbrella volume 2
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Gallery Books trade paperback edition.
Language
English
Description
"After escaping the trauma of the Umbrella Lady's home, thirteen-year-old Saffron Faith Anders is determined to find the father who abandoned her all those years ago. But when she finds him in a nearby town, Saffron is shocked to discover that he has married a woman he clearly had been involved with before her mother's death. Worse, her father insists Saffron pretend to be his niece so he can continue to con his new wife's family. Desperate for her...
Author
Publisher
Ace
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
371 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"A charming historical fantasy with a tender love story at its core, from the author of Unnatural Magic. Hard-drinking petty thief Dellaria Wells is down on her luck in the city of Leiscourt - again. Then she sees a want ad for a female bodyguard, and she fast-talks her way into the high-paying job. Along with a team of other women, she's meant to protect a rich young lady from mysterious assassins. At first Delly thinks the danger is exaggerated,...
90) The highbinders
Author
Pub. Date
1993
Edition
Mysterious Press ed.
Physical Desc
217 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
Professional go-between extraordinaire, St. Ives is after an antique sword that happens to feature an egg-size diamond in its hilt. A gallery of rogues want it too, and soon staying alive seems much more important--and more unlikely--than getting the treasure.
Author
Series
Patchwork circle volume 1
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
351 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Oregon, 1882, the local church ladies society and their eligible daughters decide to make a quilt for the new circuit-riding preacher and try to outdo one another to gain the attention of the young minister, whose endearing mistakes may not cover up his deception.
Author
Pub. Date
1997
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
407 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
When it comes to creating unforgettable criminal characters, nobody does it better than Emmy Award winner Stephen J. Cannell, the force behind such acclaimed TV hits as "The Rockford Files," "The Commish," "Wiseguy," and "The A-Team." Now come Cannell's most engaging characters yet-a spirited assortment of clever con artists.King Con vs. The Don
Raised in a world of flimflams, come-ons and con-jobs, Beano Bates has done so well he's earned a spot...
93) Boarded Windows
Author
Publisher
Coffee House Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
Wade Salem is a charismatic aesthete, drug dealer, and journeyman country musician. He's also a complicated father figure to this novel's narrator, whose cloudy childhood becomes both clearer and more confusing through Wade's stories, jokes, and lectures. Through the eyes of a keenly observant, underemployed record collector, Wade emerges as a sly, disruptive force, at once seductive and maddening. Shifting between flashbacks from the seventies and...
Author
Series
Great Pet Heist volume 2
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
490L
Physical Desc
258 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Mrs. Third Floor visits and reports paranormal activity on the fifth floor, Butterbean and the other pets set out to find the truth and save Mrs. Third Floor from being scammed by professional ghost hunters.
95) The tourist
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
During an impromptu trip to Europe to mend a broken heart, Frank unexpectedly finds himself in a flirtatious encounter with Elise, an extraordinary woman who deliberately crosses his path. Against the breathtaking backdrop of Paris and Venice, their whirlwind romance quickly evolves as they find themselves unwittingly thrust into a deadly game of cat and mouse.
96) Shark
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (132 pages).
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Mark "Shark" Hewitt is good at playing pool. Really good. When he, his mom and sister move to a new town, Mark immediately seeks out the local pool hall. He loves to play, but even more than that, he just loves hanging out with the regulars. It reminds him of good times with his dad, who is no longer in the picture.
When one of the patrons notices Mark's natural gift for the game, he forces Mark to use his talent for profit. Now...
97) The score
Author
Series
Publisher
Dafina Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
250 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
She's bright, beautiful--and a criminal at heart. A Virginia Beach street hustler turned identity theft mastermind, Lauren Kelly's always had a taste for the finer things--Chanel, Prada, Amex Black Cards--and Matt Connors, her lover and accomplice. When their partner, Yancy, stumbles onto a tycoon's three million dollar bank account, everything is golden--until Lauren discovers Yancy and Matt are planning the ultimate double-cross. Fortunately, Lauren's...
Author
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
362 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
In the slums of 1880s New York, Una Kelly has grown up to be a rough-and-tumble grifter, able to filch a pocketbook in five seconds flat. But when another con-woman pins her for a murder she didn't commit, Una is forced to flee. Running from the police, Una lies her way into an unlikely refuge: the nursing school at Bellevue Hospital. Based on Florence Nightingale's nursing principles, Bellevue is the first school of its kind in the country. Where...
Author
Publisher
Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
372 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Years ago, the Duke of Greyland gave his heart--and a princely sum of money--to a charming, destitute widow with unparalleled beauty. But after one passionate night, she slipped from his bed and vanished without a trace. And just when he's given up hope of ever seeing her again, Greyland finds her managing a gaming hell. He's desperate to have her...until he discovers everything about his long-lost lover was a lie. In truth, Cassandra Blake grew...
Author
Publisher
HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
vii, 372 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Victor Alderheim has a lot to answer for. Not only has he heartlessly tricked his young ex-wife, Jenny, out of her art gallery inheritance, but he has also abandoned his son, Kevin, to die in the middle of the Kenyan savanna. It doesn't occur to Victor that Kevin might be rescued and adopted by a Maasai medicine man, or that he might be expected to undergo the rituals expected of all new Maasai warriors--which have him running back to Stockholm as...