James Swain

There are hundreds of casinos in Las Vegas, and Billy Cunningham knows how to rip off every one. His scams are a thing of beauty....

Con artist Billy Cunningham is no stranger to the casinos of Las Vegas - he's ripped off every single one....

Tony Valentine is an expert at spotting cheats. He's tossed them out of gambling casinos from Atlantic City to Monaco....

Years ago, South Florida cop Jack Carpenter beat up a murder suspect named Simon Skell, a dangerous predator....

Ex-cop Jack Carpenter is the type of guy criminals avoid, so he's surprised to receive a summons from Florida state prison's death row....

When the Las Vegas's Riverboat Casino starts to burn down, bald, overweight Ricky Smith nosedives five floors into the pool....

A blind poker player named Skip DeMarco is scamming the world's largest poker tournament in Las Vegas....

Hard-boiled ex-cop Tony Valentine has a new profession: spotting casino cheats and exposing a casino's flaws to the owners....

An adrenaline rush of cons, grift, and murder in a town where deadly double-dealing is the name of the game....

The shocking suicide of Beth Daniels' father - a prominent surgeon - has thrown the FBI agent into a tailspin. But when Beth heads to Saint Augustine, Florida, for the funeral, she'll need more than the emotional support of her boyfriend, retired detective Jon Lancaster....

In the world of gambling and sleight-of-hand, Jim Swain is considered one of the best.

Reality and illusion blur for an ex-Navy SEAL investigating a deadly case of stalking in this addictive thriller that Michael Connelly calls “a hundred percent adrenaline rush disguised as a detective novel”....

Tough-as-nails abduction specialist Jack Carpenter is not easily spooked. But then he witnesses his daughter's college basketball teammate being violently abducted....

A human-trafficking case hits dangerously close to home in a heart-racing thriller by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of The King Tides....

Peter Warlock is a magician with a dark secret. Every night, he amazes audiences at his private theater in New York, where he performs feats that boggle the imagination....

For ex-cop Tony Valentine, life in balmy Florida provides little R&R....

In Shadow People, national best-selling author James Swain’s brilliant follow-up to Dark Magic, magician Peter Warlock has a dark secret....

Tony Valentine made his living and his name as a cop in Atlantic City, and is now known worldwide for his ability to spot scams, grifts, and rip-offs that cost casinos billions every year....

A hardened ex-cop, Tony Valentine now nabs hustlers who rob casinos, and the Micanopy Indian Reservation Casino in South Florida desperately needs his expertise....