The Con Man - Softcover

McBain, Ed

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0752857940 ISBN 13: 9780752857947

Publisher: Orion, 2003

Synopsis

A trickster taking money from an old woman for his own private charity.
A cheater fleecing the businessmen of their thousands with the oldest gimmick in town.
A lady-killer after the ladies' dollars with just a little bit of love...

The guys of the 87th Precinct thought they knew every trick in the book - so why are there bodies still washing up on the shore?

The Con Man: handsome, charming - and deadly.

About this title

Book Description:

Charismatic, good-looking and out to get everything he can. At any cost.
An 87th Precinct novel.
'Unbeatable ... the finest police procedural series ever...Keep 'em coming, Ed' Independent On Sunday

About the Author:

Ed McBain (1926-2005) was born Salvatore Lombino in New York. He changed his name to Evan Hunter and under that name is known as the author of The Blackboard Jungle and as the writer of the screenplay for Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds. The 87th Precinct series numbers over fifty novels. McBain was a Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America and was one of three American writers to be awarded the CWA Diamond Dagger for lifetime achievement.

About this edition

• Publisher: Orion
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0752857940
• ISBN 13: 9780752857947
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160