King Con: A Novel
Using the same mixture of action, charm, and believable characters that made his television series likeThe Rockford Filesso much fun, Stephen J. Cannell has come up with a thriller that's as bright and breezy as a day at the beach. Ace grifter Beano X. Bates and his extended family make a nice living conning folks out of their savings with scams like "The Most Valuable Dog in the World." But when a New Jersey mobster named Joe Rina puts him in the hospital, Beano is out for massive revenge. With the help of a harried but sexy female prosecutor, the Bates family pulls off a series of consummate cons that leap to life from the printed page. Cannell's last thriller,Final Victim, is available in paperback.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.