Criminal Con

Concrete Roses – A Powerful Story of Love, Redemption, and Second Chances 💎 He’s fighting for a new life. She’s sworn off love. But some battles are worth the risk. 💎 After spending years behind bars, Tyrell Johnson is determined to turn his life around. He’s staying clean, keeping his head down, and trying to rebuild the relationships he lost—including the one with his children. But the streets of Dallas aren’t quick to forget, and neither are the people from his past. Enter Evelyn Serrano, a sharp-minded, no-nonsense retired detective who’s seen too many men like Ty ...

Will Trent is a brilliant agent with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Newly in love, he is beginning to put a difficult past behind him. Then a local college student goes missing, and Will is inexplicably kept off the case by his supervisor and mentor, deputy director Amanda Wagner. Will cannot fathom Amanda’s motivation until the two of them literally collide in an abandoned orphanage they have both been drawn to for different reasons. Decades before, when his father was imprisoned for murder, this was Will’s home.

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.

LEGENDARY CON ARTISTS: Tales of Deceit, Scams, and Fraud beckons you to a mesmerizing exploration of history's craftiest deceivers. In this book, each narrative reveals the clever and often astonishing stories of the world's most infamous fraudsters. Picture a scenario where Victor Lustig sells the Eiffel Tower not just once, but twice, to naive purchasers. Step into the world of Charles Ponzi, a name now synonymous with deceptive financial schemes. These narratives are far more than historical anecdotes; they are complex tales brimming with boldness and ingenuity. Journey to the lawless ...

Bristol Scott guarda un pequeño y sucio secreto sobre el desafortunado fallecimiento de su primer marido. Y ahora que ha quedado para casarse con Lorenzo Vitale, un hombre que se parece mucho al difunto, se pregunta si él también tendrá que irse. Bristol: Voy a colarme en la despedida de soltero de mi prometido. Sólo así sabré si se parece en algo a Johnston. Pero cuando Lorenzo vea a través de mi disfraz... Desnuda mi cuerpo y toma lo que está a punto de ser suyo. Debería estar enojada... Debería estar lívida... Y, sin embargo, estoy caliente hasta la médula por su toque. ...

Desde que salí del sistema de acogida y me convertí en enfermera, mi único sueño era casarme con un buen doctor y mudarme a una casa amarilla de dos pisos en las afueras. Entonces… ¿cómo terminó un criminal peligroso de una banda de motociclistas esposado a mi cama? ¿Y por qué acepté que ese animal me enseñara a… ejem… hacer cosas? Cosas muy, muy traviesas. En la misma cama a la que está esposado para mantenerme a salvo. Larga historia. Y no acabó bien. Ahora estoy a punto de casarme con mi prometido doctor y cumplir todos esos sueños de niña del sistema. Pero ¿a ...

Nací unos minutos después de la medianoche del 1.º de enero. En mi cumpleaños número 21, mi padre me organiza la fiesta de Año Nuevo más lujosa que se haya visto en Baton Rouge… y luego me dice que ya soy una mujer. Y que, como tal, le pertenezco al hombre con quien tiene una deuda de sangre. No, no a un hombre. A un demonio que se alimenta del dolor y el sufrimiento de mi familia. Especialmente del mío. Su nombre es Hades Fairgood. Pero no es ni bueno ni justo. Es el retorcido líder de un inframundo de motociclistas, y todo lo que mi madre, en paz descanse, me advirtió que ...

Un asesinato brutal sacude las tranquilas costas de Pacific Bay. La víctima: un exagente del FBI con un pasado lleno de enemigos y secretos enterrados. El detective Scott, enfrentado a uno de los casos más complejos de su carrera, deberá adentrarse en una red peligrosa de conspiraciones, organizaciones clandestinas y verdades que muchos darían todo por mantener ocultas. Lo que comienza como una investigación local se transforma rápidamente en una amenaza de alcance nacional. Mientras las pistas lo llevan desde playas desiertas hasta eventos de la élite política, Scott se enfrenta a ...

Millions in stolen property, revolting sex crimes, and murder-for-hire were all in the mix for a Las Vegas police detective, as he toiled to take Sin City's most prolific criminal off the streets for good. Detective Bradley Nickell brings you the inside scoop on the investigation, arrest, and conviction of the most prolific repeat offender Las Vegas has ever known.

A man waits at a London airport for Ingrid Ostermann, the love of his life, to arrive. Across the Atlantic, a retired NYPD cop waits in a bar in Florida’s Key West for his first date with the lady who is, without question, his soulmate. The two men are about to discover they’ve been scammed out of almost every penny they have in the world – and that neither women exist.

The Thunderbird Motel, 1977. J. J. Wedick and Jack Brennan - two fresh-faced, maverick FBI agents - were about to embark on one of their agency's first wire-wearing undercover missions. Their target? Charismatic, globetrotting con man Phil Kitzer, whom some called the world's greatest swindler. From the Thunderbird, the three men took off to Cleveland, to Miami, to Hawaii, to Frankfurt, to the Bahamas - meeting other members of Kitzer's crime syndicate and powerful politicians and businessmen he fooled at each stop.

The Holy Thief is the remarkable memoir of an amazing man. It is a true-life gangster story, a passionate love story, and a case of study in redemption. Regardless of your faith, you will find his story tragic, funny, uplifting, and inspirational.

Bobby and Cheryl Love were living in Brooklyn, happily married for decades, when the FBI and NYPD appeared at their door and demanded to know from Bobby, in front of his shocked wife and children: “What is your name? No, what’s your real name?” Bobby’s thirty-eight-year secret was out. As a Black child in the Jim Crow South, Bobby found himself in legal trouble before his 14th birthday. Sparked by the desperation he felt in the face of limited options and the pull of the streets, Bobby became a master thief.

Un cuerpo hallado en uno bosque cercano desata el pánico en la zona. Se trata de un hombre al que le han robado el cerebro. Myrkur está tratando de reponerse tras lo sucedido en el último caso, cuando debe enfrentarse a una investigación espeluznante. Por otro lado, su padre intenta acercarse a ella y solicita que la visite en la cárcel. Pero no se siente preparada para hacerlo. La relación con Patrick, su compañero en la policía, tendrá que atravesar por un momento difícil. ¿Forma todo parte de algún tipo de experimento?

Simone no es una niña normal. Ella tiene algo que los demás no tienen. Jane Barret no comprendía: cómo de pronto una niña de nueve años parecía haberse convertido en un problema para la seguridad nacional. La CIA y el FBI llevaban tiempo buscándola. Simone, siempre conseguía huir en el último momento ayudada por su padre. Ella era la única superviviente del incendio de la guardería Madison, donde murieron seis niños. Además de los federales un codicioso coleccionista de arte también la busca. Simone tiene algo que le pertenece. Más conocido como el Impresionista, Albert ...

Of the millions who go missing every year around the world, there are those who simply vanish and are never seen again. The sheer volume of people who disappear each and every year are, when examined in detail, terrifying. In this audiobook, we will touch upon some of the most terrifying, touching, strange, and worrying stories. In this audiobook, we hope to examine the sheer range of cases which have enthralled the interested, and distressed those involved for many years. Some of these cases became national stories, while others remain private tragedies.

Before there was Charles Ponzi, there was Jefferson Randolph "Soapy" Smith II. The famed Old West con artist and gangster's criminal career ranged from Texas to Alaska, from Denver to the Klondike. Soapy Smith: The Life and Legacy of the Wild West’s Most Infamous Con Artist looks at the controversial times and crimes of the Western huckster, and the career that led to a notorious end. You will learn about Soapy Smith like never before.

La familia del crimen Vitale es una serie romántica de la mafia que se centra en hombres poderosos y las mujeres que los ponen de rodillas. Matrimonios concertados, novias a la fuga y cazarrecompensas que se enamoran de su objetivo. Esta colección presenta tres libros románticos picantes de lectura corta. Este año, no dudes en enamorarte de un chico malo. ¡Felicidad para siempre garantizada! ♥

Crimes fueled by emotions. When it comes to the emotions, people can react in strange and unexpected ways. Whether it's a heart hurt by unrequited love, or a lover so passionate they'll stop at nothing to get their way - even the most mild-mannered soul can suddenly flip, becoming a vengeful spirit with dark intentions. From the ancient Greek myth of Jason and Medea to Shakespeare's Othello, themes dealing with deeply felt emotions have persisted. But unlike mythology or fiction, The Best New True Crime Stories contains stories from real life.

The instant bestselling story of Lee Mackenzie, who was a capable and confident young woman, studying broadcast journalism and honing her skills of observation and objectivity. She was also a little unworldly, the product of a small, rural Western Canadian community where doors were never locked and life was simple and direct. On a backpacking trip in the UK, she met the man who would become her husband. A man who everyone agreed was one of the most intelligent, charming people they had ever met.