The Backstabbers —Johnstone, William W., author.

"Red Ryan should've known this job would be trouble. The first stop is a ghost town--in a thunder storm--and the cargo is a coffin. But things start to look a little brighter when Red and his stage guard Buttons Muldoon ...

The Big Kahuna —Evanovich, Janet, author.

Straight arrow FBI Agent Kate O'Hare always plays by the rules. Charming con man Nicholas Fox makes them up as he goes along. She thinks he's nothing but a scoundrel. He thinks she just needs to lighten up. They're worki...

City of scoundrels —Thompson, Victoria (Victoria E.), author.

"Elizabeth Miles finds herself in a position no con can help her escape. Her beloved fiancé, Gideon Bates, is awaiting his turn in the draft to fight in the Great War. Elizabeth is finding it hard to think of anything e...

Outfox —Brown, Sandra, 1948- author.

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 lur...

The fifth doctrine —Robards, Karen, author.

"It took one hell of an effort for the authorities to finally get the jump on master manipulator Bianca St. Ives, but now that they have, it's far from the capture she expected. Instead of taking her in, there's an offer...

The handmaiden

A Korean woman who is hired as handmaiden to a young Japanese lady is secretly plotting with a conman to defraud her of her large inheritance.

The woman in white —Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889, author.

Walter Hartright's mysterious midnight encounter with the woman in white draws him into a vortex of crime, poison, kidnapping, & international intrigue. In this new edition, John Sutherland examines Collins's contributio...

The love scam —Davidson, MaryJanice, author.

Rake Tarbell is in trouble. When the fabulously wealthy and carefree bachelor wakes up horribly hungover in Venice, it's not something that would normally be a problem ... except he has no idea how he got there from Cali...

Truth and justice —Michaels, Fern, author.

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 Sist...

The heist a novel —Evanovich, Janet.

FBI Special Agent Kate O'Hare is known for her fierce dedication and discipline on the job, chasing down the world's most wanted criminals and putting them behind bars. Her boss thinks she is tenacious and ambitious; her...

Little comfort —Hill, Edwin, 1970- author.

In a brilliantly twisted debut set among Boston's elite, Edwin Hill introduces unforgettable sleuth Hester Thursby -- and a missing persons case that uncovers a trail of vicious murder. Harvard librarian Hester Thursby k...

Colton 911 : suspect under siege —Godman, Jane, author.

Dr. Abigail Matthews has separated herself from her con artist dad. When his latest scheme threatens her chances to adopt her foster daughter, Abigail will do anything--even rely on a man she can't trust. Griffin Colton ...

Robert B. Parker's Little white lies —Atkins, Ace, author.

"Boston PI Spenser and right hand Hawk follow a con man's trail of smoke and mirrors in the latest entry of the iconic crime series. After conning everyone from the cable news shows to the local cops, it looks like the g...

The talented Miss Farwell : a novel —Tedrowe, Emily Gray, author.

'Catch Me If You Can' meets Patricia Highsmith in this story of greed and obsession, survival and self-invention that is a character study of one unforgettable female con artist.

Swindle —Korman, Gordon, author.

After unscrupulous collector S. Wendell Palamino cons him out of a valuable baseball card, sixth-grader Griffin Bing puts together a band of misfits to break into Palomino's heavily guarded store and steal the card back,...

The fifth doctrine —Robards, Karen, author.

"It took one hell of an effort for the authorities to finally get the jump on master manipulator Bianca St. Ives, but now that they have, it's far from the capture she expected. Instead of taking her in, there's an offer...

The ultimatum —Robards, Karen, author.

Thief. Manipulator. Con artist. Bianca St. Ives is the best in the business. Her father prepped her well to carry on the family business. She's known as the Guardian. Running a multinational firm with her father, she mak...

The defence —Cavanagh, Steve, author.

Eddie Flynn used to be a con artist. Then he became a lawyer. Turned out the two weren't that different. It's been over a year since Eddie vowed never to set foot in a courtroom again. But now he doesn't have a choice. O...

Buffaloed

A teenage girl is obsessed with making enough cash to get out of Buffalo. When the acceptance letter to her dream school arrives, she must hustle to find a job that will pay for tuition. But after getting scammed by a de...

The talented Miss Farwell a novel —Tedrowe, Emily Gray.

At the end of the 1990s, with the art market finally recovered from its disastrous collapse, Miss Rebecca Farwell has made a killing at Christie's in New York City, selling a portion of her extraordinary art collection f...