Book description
The rich and powerful take what they want. We steal it back for you.
When a disreputable dealer starts swindling aged and ailing comic-book creators out of their wealth-and their high-valued comics and artwork-the daughter of one victim comes to ex-insurance investigator Nathan Ford and his team of counter-crooks for…
Why read it?
1 author picked The Con Job as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
You weren’t expecting me to recommend a Leverage tie-in novel, were you?
From my perspective, a book based on a television series is just as valid as a television series based on a book—and if you don’t share the same view, you might need to adjust one of your mirrors. I love The Con Job because takes the nerdy, cozy world of Leverage and places it in San Diego Comic-Con, giving the characters a real-world experience that many of us will have experienced ourselves.
There’s not a lot of music in this one, which may disappoint those of us who…
From Nicole's list on cozy mysteries for music and math nerds.
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