White Con

Picking up where TrickBaby left off, we dive into the world of Johnny O'Brien, better known as White Folks. After learning to use his fair skin to his advantage to rise to the top of the Chicago con game, Folks is back for the big money and the big stakes of the long con. Following the death of his partner and mentor, Blue, Folks takes off for Canada. Having honed his skills and polished his acting, Johnny is done cheating marks out of small money.

From a famous actor and an experienced journalist, a wildly entertaining debunking of cryptocurrency, one of the greatest frauds in history and on course for a spectacular crash.

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.

El pasado de Misha Vasiliev es una pesadilla; una de la que nunca podrá escapar por completo. Rescatado de una red de tráfico humano en Moscú por la CIA, es llevado a Estados Unidos, desesperado por tener una oportunidad de empezar de nuevo. Pero nada es realmente gratis, y mientras Misha lidia con su traumático pasado, conoce a Jack Robins; un brillante pero quebrado cirujano de trauma atrapado en un ciclo de dolor tras la muerte de su esposo. Al principio, Jack se muestra indiferente. Pero hay algo en el joven atormentado que lo atrae irremediablemente. Su conexión es innegable, ...

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.

A riveting true story of an unsuspecting woman who creates an ingeniously clever white-collar scheme that manipulates the Federal banking system out of millions—who eventually loses everything that is most important to her. In Never Saw Me Coming, Tanya Smith shares her deeply personal and...

The thrilling novel that launched #1 New York Times bestseller Jeffrey Archer's career, Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less. THE SWINDLE IS INGENIOUS 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...

Despite his trimmer waistline, his girlfriend Lucy's affections for him seem to have inexplicably cooled. So when Lindy suggests the supper club members join a Mexican cooking class, James leaps at the chance to try something new. The Flab Five's classmates include Shenandoah Star Ledger editor Murphy Alistair and twin sisters with supermodel physiques. When one of the sisters is murdered during a school field trip to Luray Caverns, the amateur sleuths set out to catch the killer.

Born into one of America's most illustrious trading families, Sam Israel was determined to strike out on his own. After apprenticing with one of the greatest traders of the 1980s, he founded his own fast-growing hedge fund, promising investors extraordinary returns. But it was all an elaborate charade.

In July 1965, teenagers Sylvia and Jenny Likens were left in the temporary care of Gertrude Baniszewski, a middle-aged single mother, and her seven children. The Baniszewski household was overrun with children. There were few rules and ample freedom. Sadly, the environment created a dangerous hierarchy of social Darwinism where the strong preyed on the weak. What transpired in the following three months was both riveting and chilling.

Il passato di Misha Vasiliev è un incubo da cui non potrà mai davvero fuggire. Salvato da un giro di tratta di esseri umani a Mosca dalla CIA, viene portato in America, disperato per avere una possibilità di una nuova vita. Ma nulla è mai davvero gratuito, e mentre Misha lotta con il suo passato traumatico, incontra Jack Robins: un chirurgo traumatologo brillante ma spezzato, intrappolato in un ciclo di dolore dopo la morte di suo marito. Quando conosce Misha, Jack è indifferente, all’inizio. Ma c’è qualcosa in quel giovane tormentato che lo attrae. La loro connessione è ...

For decades, Bernard Madoff built an image of absolute trust. He was a Wall Street insider, a respected financier, a former chairman of NASDAQ, and a man whose reputation carried extraordinary weight among investors, celebrities, charities, hedge funds, and financial institutions around the world. Clients believed their money was safe with him because everyone else believed it too. Behind that reputation, however, existed one of the largest financial frauds in modern history. THE MADOFF SCHEME: Wall Street’s Infamous Con is a gripping investigative examination of how Bernard Madoff ...

Una Mackenzie White recién entrenada como agente del FBI se gradúa de la Academia del FBI en Quantico para encontrarse metida de lleno en un caso urgente de asesinatos en serie. Están apareciendo muertas una serie de mujeres mientras acampan en un parque nacional en un lugar remoto de West Virginia. El parque es extenso, y no se puede encontrar ninguna conexión entre ellas.

En Antes de Que Vea (Un Misterio con Mackenzie White, Libro 2), la agente del FBI en formación Mackenzie White se esfuerza por dejar su marca en la academia del FBI en Quantico, tratando de probar su valía como mujer y como agente transferida de Nebraska. Mas todo eso cambia cuando se descubre el cadáver de una mujer en un basurero. El asesinato tiene sorprendentes puntos en común con el Asesino del Espantapájaros - el caso que lanzó a Mackenzie a la fama en Nebraska, el FBI decide saltarse el protocolo y darle a Mackenzie una oportunidad en el caso.

In 1988, detectives from the Sacramento Police Department were called to investigate the disappearance of a man at his last known address - a boarding house for the elderly, homeless, and mentally ill. The owner, Dorothea Puente, was an adorable old lady who cared for stray cats and the rest of society’s castaways. She had a strong standing in the community and was celebrated for her selfless charitable work.

En ANTES DE QUE SE LLEVE (Un Misterio con Mackenzie White - Libro 4), la recién graduada agente del FBI Mackenzie White recibe órdenes para encargarse de un nuevo y angustioso caso. En los campos de Iowa están desapareciendo mujeres, y empieza a surgir una pauta. Se teme que haya un asesino en serie haciendo de las suyas, con un ritmo ascendente. Dados sus orígenes en el Medio Oeste, Mackenzie es elegida como la candidata ideal.

Chris Bathum was a respected therapist, addiction specialist, and founder of one of the fastest-growing rehabilitation chains in America. But Bathum was a total fraud: he was a homicidal meth-head with a history of sexually abusing his patients, scamming insurance companies, and eliminating whistle-blowers. Like Rose Stahl. But this intended victim would be his last. Stahl would risk her life to bring down the monster she and so many other people in need had once trusted for their salvation.

Sumérgete en un fascinante viaje hacia el mundo de la magia blanca y despierta tu conexión innata con los elementos primordiales: fuego, agua, aire y tierra. En este libro, encontrarás las herramientas necesarias para desplegar tu potencial mágico y utilizarlo de manera positiva en tu vida y en el mundo que te rodea.

Ten years in prison and the dominant Abel Delgado is finally home–What did he do? I have no idea, but I refuse to fall in love with an ex-con, innocent or not! Running my deceased father’s pizzeria is challenging at times, so I decided to be a good Samaritan and hire Abel. But hiring a felon is scary, especially one that is cocky, rigid, and a “KNOW IT ALL.” I have a few simple rules: protect the pizzeria, customers and my son from this So-called innocent ex-con and watch his every move. But the more I keep my eyes on him, the more I cannot keep my eyes off him! I cannot ignore ...

Se encuentra el cadáver de una mujer en los maizales de Nebraska, atado a un poste, víctima de un asesino perturbado. No pasa mucho tiempo antes de que la policía caiga en la cuenta de que hay un asesino en serie que está suelto - y que la matanza no ha hecho más que empezar. A la detective Mackenzie White, joven, decidida, más preparada que los hombres chapados a la antigua de su comisaría local, le encargan con cierta reticencia su resolución. Por mucho que los demás agentes odien admitirlo, necesitan de sus ideas jóvenes y originales, que ya han logrado solucionar casos sin resolver que les han dejado sin palabras.