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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 Mystery Adapted 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