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The Empress File

John Camp, John Sandford · 321 pages

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The Art Forger

B.A. Shapiro

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Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less

Jeffrey Archer · 255 pages

The conned: an Oxford don, a revered society physician, a chic French art dealer, and a charming English lord. They have one thing in common. Overnight, each novice investor lost his life's fortune to one man. The con: Harvey Metcalfe. A brilliant, self-made guru of deceit. A very dangerous individual. And now, a hunted man. With nothing left to lose four strangers are about to come together—ea

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Sins & Needles

Karina Halle · 359 pages

Ellie Watt is used to starting over. The daughter of a grifting team, Ellie spent her childhood being used as a pawn in her parents' latest scam. Now she's much older, wiser and ready to give her con artist life a rest. But returning to the dry desert town of Palm Valley, Callifornia means one more temptation than she bargained for-Camden McQueen.

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The Chase

Janet Evanovich, Lee Goldberg · 372 pages

Internationally renowned thief and con artist Nicolas Fox is famous for running elaborate and daring scams. His greatest con of all: convincing the FBI to team him up with the only person who has ever caught him, Special Agent Kate O'Hare. Together they'll go undercover to swindle and catch the world's most wanted and untouchable criminals. Their newest target is Carter Grove, a former White House

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Honest Illusions

Nora Roberts · 499 pages

Kurzbeschreibung Die Tochter des Magiers (Honest Illusions) - Nora Roberts Die rothaarige und temperamentvolle Roxy Nouvelle ist Tochter eines legendären Zauberkünstlers. Von ihm hat sie nicht nur die außergewöhnliche Begabung für Magie geerbt, sondern auch die Kunst, manche Reichen um ihre Juwelen zu erleichtern. Auch Luke Callahan, der als weggelaufener Junge bei den Nouvelles Aufnahme fa

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Do or Die

Suzanne Brockmann · 558 pages

"Former Navy SEAL Ian Dunn has been tasked by a mysterious government agency with rescuing two kidnapped children believed to have been taken prisoner in a South American embassy. Leading the mission alongside Phoebe Kruger, the new hire at the prestigious law firm where Dunn is a longtime client, Dunn will embark on a race against time while simultaneously dealing with an equally pressing danger

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The Relic Master

Christopher Buckley · 380 pages

1517. Dismas is a relic hunter who procures "authentic" religious relics for wealthy and influential clients, and is as honest as any relic dealer can be. When Dismas and his artist friend Dürer conspire to manufacture a shroud to sell to the unsuspecting noble, Dürer's reckless pride exposes Cardinal Albrecht's newly acquired shroud as a fake, the Cardinal puts Dismas and Dürer in the custody of

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Ignited

J. Kenner · 304 pages

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Mickey Outside

David Lender · 229 pages

"Former Wall Street whiz turned convict Mickey Steinberg is ready to get out of prison and get back in the game. Most of Mickey's fancy friends from his old life won't take his calls, but he made good connections while doing time and has already hatched a new scheme: to sell a near-perfect forgery of a stolen Van Gogh painting through the shady underground art market. He and his new partner, smoot

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If Tomorrow Comes

Sidney Sheldon · 416 pages

***She's Tracy Whitney. Sidney Sheldon's most exciting heroine ever.*** Lovely, idealistic, she's soon to enter into a dazzling world of sumptuous wealth, audacious exploits, and narrow escapes--***and to a passion, dangerous and elusive, that promises to fulfill all her secret dreams ...*** ***The international bestseller from the master of suspense. A mafia conspiracy and one woman against t

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Sidney Sheldon's Reckless: A Tracy Whitney Novel

Tilly Bagshawe, Sidney Sheldon · 407 pages

Sidney Sheldon's heroine--Tracy Whitney of If Tomorrow Comes and Sidney Sheldon's Chasing Tomorrow--find herself caught in a nefarious and far-reaching scheme involving international terrorism and corruption. Once upon a time, Tracy Whitney was one of the best thieves in the business. Then she settled down, had a baby, and planned to spend the rest of her days quietly, living anonymously, devoted

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The Heist

Daniel Silva · 475 pages

Gabriel Allon, art restorer and occasional spy, searches for a stolen masterpiece by Caravaggio. Sometimes the best way to find a stolen masterpiece is to steal another one.

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Pretending to Be Erica

Michelle Painchaud · 254 pages

"Violet has been preparing her entire life to step into the shoes of the missing heiress Erica Silverman, in order to pull off the biggest inside job in Las Vegas history. She doesn't count on having a conscience"--

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The Paris Winter

Imogen Robertson · 367 pages

"Maud Heighton came to Lafond's famous Academie to paint, and to flee the constraints of her small English town. It took all her courage to escape, but Paris, she quickly realizes, is no place for a light purse. While her fellow students enjoy the dazzling decadence of the Belle Epoque, Maud slips into poverty. Quietly starving, and dreading another cold Paris winter, Maud is hired by Christian Mo

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Heist Society

Ally Carter · 287 pages

When Katarina Bishop was three, her parents took her to Louvre... to case it. For her seventh birthday, Katarina and her uncle travelled to Austria... to steal the crown jewels. When Kat turned fifteen, she conned her way into the best boarding school in the country, determined to leave the family business behind. But now her dad's life is on the line, and Kat must go back to the world she tried s

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Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief

Maurice Leblanc · 198 pages

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The Con Job

Matt Forbeck · 312 pages

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Rogues

Gardner Dozois · 832 pages

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The Quantum Thief

Hannu Rajaniemi · 336 pages

A breathtaking joyride through the solar system several centuries hence, a world of marching cities, ubiquitous public-key encryption, people who communicate via shared memory, and a race of hyper-advanced humans who originated as an MMORPG guild.

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Then We Take Berlin

John Lawton · 400 pages

In 1963, freelance private investigator Joe Wilderness, a former MI6 agent and black market con artist, agrees to one last Berlin scam, which involves smuggling people, and brings his World War II gang of accomplices together once again.

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Stealing Mona Lisa

Carson Morton · 340 pages

"The charming Eduardo de Valfierno makes a very respectable living in Argentina fleecing the nouveau rich--they pay him to steal valuable pieces of art, and Valfierno sells them flawless forgeries instead. But when Eduardo meets the beautiful Mrs. Hart on his latest con, he takes a risk that forces him back to the city he loved and left behind--Paris. There he assembles his team of con artists for

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The Marseille Caper

Peter Mayle · 234 pages

Sam's last adventure sent him to France in search of a missing wine collection, but he thought it'd be a while before he was back, especially with the charms of the fiery Elena Morales to keep him settled in Los Angeles. But when the immensely wealthy Francis Reboul, the recent victim of Sam's own counter-heist, asks him to take a job in Marseille, it's impossible for Sam and Elena to resist. The

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Simply Lies

David Baldacci · 432 pages

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