num_pages: 336
description: In San Francisco, Dan Kearny Associates raids a classic car dealership, while in Los Angeles, a Gypsy's dying words finger a Gypsy princess for his murder. In Hong Kong, a unique treasure has been stolen by gimlet-eyed L.A. oil tycoon Victor Hess -- making Willem Ban de Post, in Rome, plot across continents with his uncle, the King of the Gypsies, to get it back. The mayhem continues when the Gypsies hire DKA to find their framed damsel in distress before the cops do, and a German baron hires DKA to test the defenses at Hess' mountain fortress. But no one is exactly who or what they seem: everyone is conning, scamming, and grifting on all their twisted roads to Rome.
language: English
title: Cons, Scams & Grifts
titlecomplete: Cons, Scams & Grifts (DKA File, #6)
genres: Crime, Mystery
ratings_count: 66
places: San Francisco, California
series: DKA File
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Gumshoe Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Warner Books (NY)