Criminal Con

Entre sábanas con un hacker cuenta la increíble historia oculta tras la filtración de datos más impactante de la era de internet: el hackeo de Ashley Madison. De un minuto a otro, millones de personas casadas vieron sus nombres, direcciones y preferencias sexuales publicadas en línea en una base de datos que cualquiera podía consultar.

LEGENDARY CON ARTISTS: Tales of Deceit, Scams, and Fraud beckons you to a mesmerizing exploration of history's craftiest deceivers. In this book, each narrative reveals the clever and often astonishing stories of the world's most infamous fraudsters. Picture a scenario where Victor Lustig sells the Eiffel Tower not just once, but twice, to naive purchasers. Step into the world of Charles Ponzi, a name now synonymous with deceptive financial schemes. These narratives are far more than historical anecdotes; they are complex tales brimming with boldness and ingenuity. Journey to the lawless ...

From Warren Adler, bestselling author of The War of the Roses—now a major motion picture starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman—and Shannon McKenna, master of romantic suspense, comes a gritty noir crime thriller of deception, revenge, and redemption. They’re ghosts. They’re thieves. And they’re running out of time. Framed and forgotten, Henry Cody lives in hiding under a stolen name, plotting revenge against the people who ruined his life. Amber Wright is a career con artist with a past full of danger and a future that’s closing in fast. When a violent encounter ties ...

Boaz Manor was a finance wunderkind. He started a hedge-fund company in Canada and later burst onto Wall Street with a product that could transform the crypto market. By all accounts, he was incredibly hard-working. Possibly brilliant. And...a shameless con man who ended up wanted in multiple countries. Chasing Boaz Manor explores Boaz’s schemes through the perspective of those he left in his wake.

Will Trent is a brilliant agent with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Newly in love, he is beginning to put a difficult past behind him. Then a local college student goes missing, and Will is inexplicably kept off the case by his supervisor and mentor, deputy director Amanda Wagner. Will cannot fathom Amanda’s motivation until the two of them literally collide in an abandoned orphanage they have both been drawn to for different reasons. Decades before, when his father was imprisoned for murder, this was Will’s home.

Concrete Roses – A Powerful Story of Love, Redemption, and Second Chances 💎 He’s fighting for a new life. She’s sworn off love. But some battles are worth the risk. 💎 After spending years behind bars, Tyrell Johnson is determined to turn his life around. He’s staying clean, keeping his head down, and trying to rebuild the relationships he lost—including the one with his children. But the streets of Dallas aren’t quick to forget, and neither are the people from his past. Enter Evelyn Serrano, a sharp-minded, no-nonsense retired detective who’s seen too many men like Ty ...

Bristol Scott guarda un pequeño y sucio secreto sobre el desafortunado fallecimiento de su primer marido. Y ahora que ha quedado para casarse con Lorenzo Vitale, un hombre que se parece mucho al difunto, se pregunta si él también tendrá que irse. Bristol: Voy a colarme en la despedida de soltero de mi prometido. Sólo así sabré si se parece en algo a Johnston. Pero cuando Lorenzo vea a través de mi disfraz... Desnuda mi cuerpo y toma lo que está a punto de ser suyo. Debería estar enojada... Debería estar lívida... Y, sin embargo, estoy caliente hasta la médula por su toque. ...

La nueva saga de la pluma de J. J. Villarreal. Una novela que no podrás parar de leer. Cuando la ley falla, los sabuesos del rey aparecen... En la colosal ciudad de Tresden, donde la corrupción se oculta tras palacios y callejones por igual, la paz es un espejismo mantenido por una fuerza implacable: los sabuesos del rey. No rinden cuentas. No hacen concesiones. No siguen la ley; son la ley. Cuando un influyente académico aparece decapitado en la Universidad Real, el capitán Arjen y el sargento Zark son enviados a investigar. Pero lo que comienza como un caso aislado se convierte en una...

Detective Superintendent Roy Grace exposes the dark side of internet dating in the intriguing crime novel Dead at First Sight, by award winning author Peter James. A man waits at a London airport for the love of his life to arrive. Across the Atlantic, a retired cop waits in a bar in Florida’s...

Millions in stolen property, revolting sex crimes, and murder-for-hire were all in the mix for a Las Vegas police detective, as he toiled to take Sin City's most prolific criminal off the streets for good. Detective Bradley Nickell brings you the inside scoop on the investigation, arrest, and conviction of the most prolific repeat offender Las Vegas has ever known.

The Thunderbird Motel, 1977. J. J. Wedick and Jack Brennan - two fresh-faced, maverick FBI agents - were about to embark on one of their agency's first wire-wearing undercover missions. Their target? Charismatic, globetrotting con man Phil Kitzer, whom some called the world's greatest swindler. From the Thunderbird, the three men took off to Cleveland, to Miami, to Hawaii, to Frankfurt, to the Bahamas - meeting other members of Kitzer's crime syndicate and powerful politicians and businessmen he fooled at each stop.

Bobby and Cheryl Love were living in Brooklyn, happily married for decades, when the FBI and NYPD appeared at their door and demanded to know from Bobby, in front of his shocked wife and children: “What is your name? No, what’s your real name?” Bobby’s thirty-eight-year secret was out. As a Black child in the Jim Crow South, Bobby found himself in legal trouble before his 14th birthday. Sparked by the desperation he felt in the face of limited options and the pull of the streets, Bobby became a master thief.

Da quando sono uscita dal sistema di affido e sono diventata infermiera, ho sempre sognato di sposare un bravo medico e trasferirmi in una villetta gialla a due piani in periferia. Quindi... com’è finita che un criminale di una gang di motociclisti è stato ammanettato al mio letto? E perché, accidenti, ho accettato che quel bruto mi insegnasse a... ehm... fare certe cose? Cose peccaminose. Nello stesso letto in cui l’avevo legato per tenermi al sicuro? Lunga storia. E non è finita bene. Ora dovrei sposare il mio perfetto fidanzato medico e realizzare tutti i miei sogni da ex ragazza...

Un cuerpo hallado en uno bosque cercano desata el pánico en la zona. Se trata de un hombre al que le han robado el cerebro. Myrkur está tratando de reponerse tras lo sucedido en el último caso, cuando debe enfrentarse a una investigación espeluznante. Por otro lado, su padre intenta acercarse a ella y solicita que la visite en la cárcel. Pero no se siente preparada para hacerlo. La relación con Patrick, su compañero en la policía, tendrá que atravesar por un momento difícil. ¿Forma todo parte de algún tipo de experimento?

The Holy Thief is the remarkable memoir of an amazing man. It is a true-life gangster story, a passionate love story, and a case of study in redemption. Regardless of your faith, you will find his story tragic, funny, uplifting, and inspirational.

Bristol Scott ha un piccolo segreto sulla sfortunata scomparsa del suo primo marito. E ora che ha deciso di sposare Lorenzo Vitale, un uomo che assomiglia in modo impressionante al defunto, si chiede se anche lui dovrà andarsene. Bristol: Mi intrufolerò all'addio al celibato del mio promesso sposo. È l'unico modo per scoprire se assomiglia a Johnston. Ma quando Lorenzo si accorge del mio travestimento... mette a nudo il mio corpo e si prende ciò che sta per essere suo. Dovrei essere arrabbiata... dovrei essere furiosa... Eppure, il suo tocco mi riscalda fino al midollo. Lorenzo: È ...

Before there was Charles Ponzi, there was Jefferson Randolph "Soapy" Smith II. The famed Old West con artist and gangster's criminal career ranged from Texas to Alaska, from Denver to the Klondike. Soapy Smith: The Life and Legacy of the Wild West’s Most Infamous Con Artist looks at the controversial times and crimes of the Western huckster, and the career that led to a notorious end. You will learn about Soapy Smith like never before.

The past will always find you. A woman is found brutally murdered in a sordid Atlanta apartment. Her blood-soaked body bears a startling similarity to a woman found dead almost 40 years earlier. Soon Special Agent Will Trent finds himself returning to the home he grew up in - and a past that could hold the clue to the killings.…

Un asesinato brutal sacude las tranquilas costas de Pacific Bay. La víctima: un exagente del FBI con un pasado lleno de enemigos y secretos enterrados. El detective Scott, enfrentado a uno de los casos más complejos de su carrera, deberá adentrarse en una red peligrosa de conspiraciones, organizaciones clandestinas y verdades que muchos darían todo por mantener ocultas. Lo que comienza como una investigación local se transforma rápidamente en una amenaza de alcance nacional. Mientras las pistas lo llevan desde playas desiertas hasta eventos de la élite política, Scott se enfrenta a ...

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