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1) Simply lies
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
Mickey Gibson, single mother and former detective, leads a hectic life: juggling the demands of her two small children with the tasks of her job working remotely for ProEye, a global investigation company that hunts down wealthy tax and credit cheats. When Mickey gets a call from a colleague named Arlene Robinson, she thinks nothing of Arlene’s unusual request for her to go inventory the vacant home of an arms dealer who cheated ProEye’s clients...
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Joe Ross is the inventor of "The Process," a top-secret formula which promises to make his company unimaginably rich. But when Joe meets a successful, cynical businessman he begins to suspect that his boss will never share the profits. And with that seed of doubt planted, an intricate con-game soon falls into place.
Publisher
Alpha Video Distributors
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
1 DVD (88 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An offbeat tale of adventure and suspense involving the passengers on a steamer who attempt to outfox each other for illegal control of a parcel of land in East Africa believed to be rich with uranium deposits.
4) Killing me
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
324 pages ; 24 cm
Description
Amber Jamison cannot believe she's about to become the latest victim of a serial killer-she's savvy and street smart, so when she gets pushed into, of all things, a white windowless van, she's more angry than afraid. Things get even weirder when she's miraculously saved by a mysterious woman...who promptly disappears. Who was she? And why is she hunting serial killers? You'd think escaping one psychopath would be enough, but Amber's problems are just...
Author
Series
Counterfeit lady volume 3
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
327 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
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 else, but Gideon has thrown himself into his work, preparing wills for soldiers before they ship out. Corporal Tom Preston is part owner of Preston Shoes, a company that is making footwear for the army, so he has a rather large estate....
6) The grifters
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
1 DVD (114 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Three con artists walk on the razor's edge of life. Lilly has decided it's time to get out, and wants her son out, too. But Roy has fallen for sleek Myra, who wants him for her partner.
7) Confidence
Publisher
Distributed by Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Con man Jake and his gang, Gordo, Miles, and Big Al, pull off a swindling job stealing money from a guy who turns out to be a mob accountant for crime boss, King. Then Jake and his crew attempt to pull off an even bigger scam to make up for their mistake. This time the con involves the King's enemy, the mob-connected banker Morgan Price. Two corrupt cops join Jake's team while the King appoints his henchman, Lupus to oversee the operation.
Author
Description
Summer is coming to a close on the East End of Long Island, and Alex is no longer welcome. A misstep at a dinner party, and the older man she's been staying with dismisses her with a ride to the train station and a ticket back to the city. With few resources and a waterlogged phone, but gifted with an ability to navigate the desires of others, Alex stays on Long Island and drifts like a ghost through the hedged lanes, gated driveways, and sun-blasted...
9) The swindle
Publisher
New Yorker Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Victor and Betty have established a very comfortable life together as two small-time con artists, but when Betty lures Victor into the perfect shakedown, the stakes get higher and the game turns into more than she bargained for.
Author
Publisher
Anchor Books
Pub. Date
1940.
Physical Desc
xviii, 314 pages ; 21 cm
Description
"A professor of linguistics who specialized in underworld argot, Maurer won the trust of hundreds of swindlers, who let him in on not simply their language, but their folk-ways and the astonishing complex and elaborate schemes whereby unsuspecting marks, hooked by their own greed and dishonesty, were "taken off" - i.e. cheated - of thousands upon thousands of dollars. The products of amazing ingenuity, crack timing, and attention to every last detail,...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
340 pages ; 24 cm
Description
Explores the psyches, motives, and methods of con artists to reveal why they are consistently successful, identifying common hallmarks of cons to share additional insights into the relationship between artists and victims.
12) The sting
Series
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (3 hrs. 11 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Two con men set out to avenge the death of a mutual friend in 1930s Chicago. They swindle a powerful crime lord, pitting brain against brawn and pistol.
13) Focus
Formats
Description
Nicky is a seasoned master of misdirection who becomes romantically involved with novice con artist Jess. As he's teaching her the tricks of the trade, she gets too close for comfort and he abruptly breaks it off. Three years later, the former flame, now an accomplished femme fatale, shows up in Buenos Aires in the middle of the high stakes race car circuit. In the midst of Nicky's latest, very dangerous scheme, she throws his plans for a loop, and...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury USA
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
307 pages : map ; 24 cm
Description
Civil War veteran Bobby Hale journeys into the Plains Wars-stricken American West, discovering a sense of purpose through his encounters with Native Americans and settlers who scrabble for peace and survival.
Author
Formats
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...
16) The good liar
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Formats
Description
Career con artist Roy Courtnay can hardly believe his luck when he meets well-to-do widow Betty McLeish online. As Betty opens her home and life to him, Roy is surprised to find himself caring about her, turning what should be a cut-and-dry swindle into the most treacherous tightrope walk of his life.
Author
Publisher
Portfolio
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
xiii, 336 ; 21 cm
Description
Are you at risk of being scammed? Former con artist and bestselling author of Catch Me If You Can Frank Abagnale shows you how to stop scammers in their tracks. Maybe you're wondering how to make the scam phone calls stop. Perhaps someone has stolen your credit card number. Or you've been a victim of identity theft. Even if you haven't yet been the target of a crime, con artists are always out there, waiting for the right moment to steal your information,...
18) Rising fire
Author
Series
Jensen brand (William Johnstone) volume 3
Formats
Description
Targeted by the lecherous Count Malatesta, who is determined to scam money out of the Jensens, beautiful Denny Jensen, who can outride, outrope and outshoot any man, vows to shake off this silver-tongued stalker no matter what it takes.
Author
Publisher
Mulholland Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
352 pages ; 25 cm
Description
Forming a partnership with a prostitute, a down-on-his-luck con man recklessly agrees to a friend's request to orchestrate a theft in a Los Angeles apartment, where a crew of soldiers is reputed to have stashed millions in cash smuggled out of Afghanistan.
20) House of games
Series
Criterion collection volume 399
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (28 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Description
A therapist and best-selling author must confront her own demons when she meets a man who has gambling debts and she feels compelled to help him.
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