Stephen Cannell

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Stephen Cannell

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About the Author

Bibliography

King Con

Final Victim

First British Edition - Michael Joseph (1998)

King Con
There have always been and there always will be charming, slyly clever con men. But a Master of the Game as charismatic, ingenious, elusive, and irresistible as Beane X. Bates comes along only once in a generation. His exploits are so legendary as to have earned him the highest accolade in the realm of confidence art: the title King Con.
But the King's reign is threatened when he crosses Joe 'Dancer' Pina, a New Jersey crime boss who doesn't take kindly to being cheated at high-stakes poker. Pina beats Beane nearly to death, and the grifter is so shaken that he seriously considers quitting the hustle. But when his beloved cousin Carol is brutally murdered just before testifying against Pina, Beane masterminds one final Mother of All Seams: a Byzantine and diabolical 'big-store' con that will destroy Joe Pina and his Mob family.
There's just one problem: Beane needs Pina's FBI file. The only person who can get it to him is Federal Prosecutor 'Tricky Vicky' Hart - and she won't help unless he takes her along. An inexperienced partner is the last thing a con artist needs, but Beane has no choice. The unlikely pair trek from Atlantic City to the Bahamas to Las Vegas and the Californian coast, implementing the Master Plan leading to the Big Sting, setting the traps and laying the bait, ensnaring the Pina crew by using their own greed - and money. Along the way they enlist the aid of the extended Bates family all of them expert con artists in their own right.
King Con is an exhilarating and hilarious novel of deceit from a master storyteller at the top of his game.

Paperback - Penguin (1998)

Final Victim
See Review by Val McDermid
In the tradition of SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, this is a heart-stopping thriller from film maker Stephen Cannell.
In the strange realms of cyber space, two killers exchange their fantasies, but one uses his power to kill, to mutilate, to desecrate.
Maverick custom officer, John Lockwood, frees a legendary computer hack from prison to lure the killer, codename 'Wind minstrel' in to the open.
'Suspenseful, tightly plotted and cleverly exploiting the leading edge of computer technology, final Victim is an ideal holiday read' Val McDermid, Manchester Evening News
One word sums up Cannell's chilling psycho-cyberthriller tale...lNCREDIBLE' The Times

About The Author
Described as the Colin Bateman of America, Stephen Cannell is the creator or co-creator of over forty television shows, including THE ROCKFORD FILES and THE A -TEAM. He currently heads the Cannell Studios.

Bibliography
N.B. dates and publishers in dark red indicate British First Editions. Dates and publishers in black indicate recent reprints.

King Con (Michael Joseph, 1998)

Final Victim (Michael Joseph, 97) Penguin Pbk Feb 98

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