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Ladystinger

por Craig Smith

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"A TOP-NOTCH, IMMACULATELY WRITTEN TALE OF DECEPTION AND INTRIGUE ? Nonstop action and plot twists aplenty." Publishers Weekly (starred review)Beautiful young grifter Maggie Rohrer picks up rich businessmen in dark hotel bars, drugs their drinks, then lures them back to their rooms and robs them once they've passed out. It's a lucrative con, until one night in New Orleans when a mark tricks her, forcing her into a dangerous swindle in Jamaica that could either bankroll a new life outside of the game?or get her killed. An Edgar Award Finalist for Best First MysteryAdapted into the movie Scam starring Christopher Walken & Lorraine Bracco."Compulsive reading. . . a riveting conclusion of the white-knuckle kind." Boston Sunday Globe"Add some well-drawn, vicious villains with no redeeming qualities, a colorful Jamaican setting, then mix with a chilling, violent denouement for a recipe for success." Los Angeles Daily News"A tightly-crafted thriller." Playboy"An expert debut . . . a tough thriller in the Jim Thompson roman noir tradition." Los Angeles Times… (más)
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I’m glad this book was short because it was pretty contrived. Every character in it was shallow and not fully developed. I didn’t really care about Maggie even though she was the “heroine”. When her old partner Barry gets separated from his head, I laughed because I wasn’t sure how I was supposed to feel about it. Should I have cheered or cried because one bad guy got killed by a worse bad guy?

The main story is about the new “mark” turning out to be an ex-FBI agent trying to clear his name. He ends up stealing the fake identity of the man who helped to frame him. The money that was being laundered in Jamaica becomes Maggie’s. Money stolen by one thief gets stolen by another. It was a fairly engaging story but one I could have lived without. ( )
  Bookmarque | Jun 9, 2009 |
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"A TOP-NOTCH, IMMACULATELY WRITTEN TALE OF DECEPTION AND INTRIGUE ? Nonstop action and plot twists aplenty." Publishers Weekly (starred review)Beautiful young grifter Maggie Rohrer picks up rich businessmen in dark hotel bars, drugs their drinks, then lures them back to their rooms and robs them once they've passed out. It's a lucrative con, until one night in New Orleans when a mark tricks her, forcing her into a dangerous swindle in Jamaica that could either bankroll a new life outside of the game?or get her killed. An Edgar Award Finalist for Best First MysteryAdapted into the movie Scam starring Christopher Walken & Lorraine Bracco."Compulsive reading. . . a riveting conclusion of the white-knuckle kind." Boston Sunday Globe"Add some well-drawn, vicious villains with no redeeming qualities, a colorful Jamaican setting, then mix with a chilling, violent denouement for a recipe for success." Los Angeles Daily News"A tightly-crafted thriller." Playboy"An expert debut . . . a tough thriller in the Jim Thompson roman noir tradition." Los Angeles Times

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