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Grift sense

James Swain

2001304 pagesabout 5–7 hours
2001
first published
  • 2001Pocket Books · 304 pages · ENGISBN 9780743406222
  • 2003Random House Publishing Group · ENGISBN 9780345466570
  • 2005Ballantine Books · 336 pages · ENGISBN 9780345480354
  • 2002Pocket · 416 pages · ENGISBN 9780743406239

Amidst the neon and the big special ugly of Las Vegas, mild-mannered Frank Fontaine is beating the brains out of the Acropolis Casino. The house cops think the dealer, a blonde named Nola, is part of the con, but no one can prove a thing. For Tony Valentine, it's the first new scam he's seen in decades--and maybe the best. Three things Tony knows: The blonde is guilty, the grifter has lived a former life, and the biggest scam is the one that hasn't happened yet.In a dream world of fake Greek statues, statuesque hostesses, and a casino owner whose sex life might just burn down his own house, Tony Valentine is plying his special trade. While some people have a sixth sense, Tony has a grift sense--and he needs it now to separate a grifter from a scam that's worse than anyone's wildest dreams. . . .From the Paperback edition.

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AtmosphereNoir

How it reads

Plot intensityEventful

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ThemesJustice
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