Grift Sense

by James Swain

Overview

Amidst the neon and the big special ugly of Las Vegas, mild-mannered Frank Fontaine is beating the brains out of the Acropolis Casino. The house cops think the dealer, a blonde named Nola, is part of the con, but no one can prove a thing. For Tony Valentine, it�s the first new scam he�s seen in decades�and maybe the best. Three things Tony knows: The blonde is guilty, the grifter has lived a former life, and the biggest scam is the one that hasn�t happened yet.

In a dream world of fake Greek statues, statuesque hostesses, and a casino owner whose sex life might just burn down his own house, Tony Valentine is plying his special trade. While some people have a sixth sense, Tony has a grift sense�and he needs it now to separate a grifter from a scam that�s worse than anyone�s wildest dreams. . . .

Product Details

BN ID:	2940015071108
Publisher:	James Swain
Publication date:	09/06/2012
Series:	Tony Valentine , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	452,081
File size:	725 KB

About the Author

James Swain is the author of fifteen nationally bestselling mystery novels. His novels have been chosen as mysteries of the year by Publisher�s Weekly and Kirkus Reviews, and have received three Barry Award nominations, a Florida book award for Fiction, and the prestigious Prix Calibre .38 for Best American Crime Fiction.

PRAISE FOR THE TONY VALENTINE SERIES

�Top class suspense... must reads for me, and one of my favorite series.�
� Lee Child

�In this series, the main character is a big winner.�
� Janet Maslin, The New York Times

�The momentum is great, the writing nimble, the action intricate.�
� Los Angeles Times Book Review

�Swain has hit on a winning combination.�
�Washington Post Book World

�Mixing humor, suspense, poignancy and insider-lore, Swain is one terrific writer. A thoroughly winning book.�
�The Wall Street Journal

�Ingenious entertainment.�
�The New York Times Book Review

�Swain�s mysteries are a sure bet.�
�The Chicago Tribune

Editorial Reviews

Have you heard the one about the canny granny who won a pot of money by card-counting on her rosary beads? How about the mother-and-son team whose method of palming cards at the blackjack table was ''pure poetry''? And what about the sweet techniques of guys like Jake the Snake and Larry the Lightbulb? James Swain, who came to his expertise on gambling hustles by way of his skills as a sleight-of-hand magician, uses the crooked play of these inspired cheats to pull us into GRIFT SENSE, a flashy,

The New York Times Review of Books - Marilyn Stasio