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Author
Series
Riley Wolfe volume 4
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...
Author
Series
Counterfeit lady volume 7
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....
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xiii, 378 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
British Ghanian journalist Yeebo tells the story of John Ackah Blay-Miezah, one of the world's most prolific con artists, who tricked many people worldwide into giving him their money. His scheme started in the 1970s after the death of Ghana's first president, Kwame Nkrumah, who was falsely accused of hiding all the country's gold overseas. The book shows that Blay-Miezah convinced people not only that Nkrumah had left a secret trust fund to help...
Author
Publisher
Quirk Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
301 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
After traveling from her home planet to Ouris and sneaking into the imperial ball to steal from the galactic elite, expert thief Cass is framed for the unexpected death of the emperor, and must work together with a mysterious rebel to uncover the true plot and clear her name.
Author
Publisher
One Signal Publishers, Atria, an imprint of Simon and Schuster
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First One Signal Publishers/Atria Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xxviii, 284 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A Newsday alum and PEN/Hemingway honoree tells the full story of U.S. Representative George Santos, a charlatan and con-artist who has embedded himself in our nation's capital.
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