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Deadly Swindle
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Author : Ian Radforth
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2024-11-23
Deadly Swindle written by Ian Radforth and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-11-23 with History categories.
In February 1890, in a remote swamp in rural southwestern Ontario, two woodsmen discovered the frozen body of a well-dressed young stranger killed by two bullets to the back of the head. Before long, police laid a murder charge on Reginald Birchall, a handsome, young gentleman from London just arrived in Canada to conduct an emigration scam. Although accused of the cold-blooded murder, Birchall charmed everyone he met and delighted in the attention lavished by the press of Canada, the United States, and Britain. In Deadly Swindle, Ian Radforth tells the fascinating story of one of Canada’s most sensational murder cases and shows how the regional and international press ran with it. The book draws an intriguing picture of social life in late nineteenth-century Canada, as well as a vivid and learned portrait of the workings of the criminal justice system at this time in the country’s history. A lively narrative, Deadly Swindle is based on extensive research notably in Victorian newspapers and is strengthened by a thorough knowledge of press history and the legal processes of the day.
The Swindlers
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Author : D.W. Buffa
language : en
Publisher: Polis Books
Release Date : 2016-11-22
The Swindlers written by D.W. Buffa and has been published by Polis Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-22 with Fiction categories.
A Fatal Triangle of Deception... They had everything anyone could want - money, power, fame and influence – but none of it was enough. They had to have more. Nelson St. James, one of the world’s richest men, is accused of a massive fraud, stealing billions from innocent investors. Before he can be brought to justice he is murdered on his yacht. His young wife, Danielle, whose face has been on the cover of every major fashion magazine, is charged with the crime. One of the best known lawyers in the country, Andrew Morrison, agrees to defend her, but only after she reminds him of certain things she knows about him, things that had happened between them a long time before. Morrison agrees to take the case, but when she tells him what happened the night her husband died he does not believe her. So she tells him something else instead. The story keeps changing, and the more it changes, the more entangled Morrison becomes. The trial comes to a stunning conclusion, and it is only then that the real story unravels and Andrew Morrison comes face to face not just with the truth -- but with himself. Three people, brought together in a fatal triangle of murder and deception; three people who swindle each other, and then swindle themselves. The Swindlers will leave you guessing until the final page.
The Big Swindle
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Author : Clarence Budington Kelland
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2018-02-13
The Big Swindle written by Clarence Budington Kelland and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-13 with categories.
Two Geeks Are Better Than One! Especially When They're Twins! Kelland's Last Novel And His Most Delightful - The Classic Saturday Evening Post Serial - First Time In Book Form! Includes the first ever book publication of the last story in his Scattergood Baines series, also about swindles!The Big Swindle is Kelland's last book-and one of his best. Brimming with his trademark pixilated dialogue and zany romance, as well as his sometimes-awkward, sometimes-effervescent, always-memorable characters (The Saturday Evening Post, where the story was serialized, once told him to stop using "so many cockeyed characters" in his stories-but thankfully, Kelland ignored this advice)."Urbane entertainment!" -Kirkus ReviewsPete and Pet, the Du Chillon twins, are heirs to one of the oldest names in Europe and one of the largest fortunes in America. Two crazy kids with lots to do and even more to say, they have a habit of being newsworthy wherever they go.In Paris-where they were fined for sneaking into the senate gallery and blowing a pound of snuff into the air to restore the Duke de Penthieve's honor after an insult by one of his political enemies-they're known as Les Gemeaux.In London society-where they were royally entertained by the Queen after saving a member of the royal family from a royal embarrassment-they're called The Gemini.In West Germany-where they had borne away to freedom one of their former University professors captured by the East German branch of the NKVD-they're Die Zwillinge.And in Rome-where they had inspired the Pope to pen an encyclical liberalizing certain church practices-they answer to Due Gemelli.But at home in Cow Bay, Long Island-where they were raised-they've always been known simply as "them pesky twins."Now they are about to come into their majority and complete control of their inheritance-namely, Du Chillon Industries-but before they can explore their newfound power, they must use their signature wit and cunning to secure it. As they find themselves in the midst of a deadly plot to grab control of Du Chillon Industries (as well as every penny they own!), it becomes clear that they've been waiting for this moment their whole lives, and are more than ready to dispatch any swindlers who stand in their way.Participants in the plot include:*"Fish Eye" Norton (the twins' name for him), current president of Du Chillon Industries, an obsequious individual who believes his efforts for the company have earned him the right to control and possess it.*Lumen Bassett, the arrogant, threatening head of security for the company: either Norton's pawn or, perhaps, his puppet master.*Elmo Tailer, who has dreamed of taking over Cow Bay-and who has assumed that Pete and Pet would be easy prey, since they're half his age. It never occurred to him that instead, as twins, they might be twice as dangerous.In the middle of this muddle, Pete and Pet find themselves falling in love with:*Electra Tubbs, a local reporter as bewitching as she is enigmatic, who set Pete's head swimming-and who he suspects just might be the family's worst enemy.*Leif Ericson, a brawny, golden-haired giant who sailed across the Atlantic in a perfect replica of a Viking ship to prove Du Chillon Industries, and the family who owned it, were outright crooks. Even while she eyes him with suspicion, Pet can't help but blush in his presence.And presiding over all, stands:*Madame Du Chillon-known by the twins as Grand'mere-an iron-willed matriarch who had taught Pete and Pet everything they know...which was a great deal more than most people suspected. While heads fall all around her, she remains in possession of her own.Be prepared for swindles within swindles-and who will swindle whom? Even if you guess, you won't be able to guess how!Here in this lost classic, never before printed in book form, is a fitting capstone to the career of one of America's most popular & beloved authors."A writer of distinction." DetroitNews
Most Deliberate Swindle
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Author : Mick Hamer
language : en
Publisher: eBook Partnership
Release Date : 2017-09-28
Most Deliberate Swindle written by Mick Hamer and has been published by eBook Partnership this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-28 with Transportation categories.
On a warm April morning in 1906 a crowd of expectant correspondents from London's leading newspapers gathered at the Hotel Cecil in the Strand to view the new wonder of the age - the electrobus.This clean, green machine was gearing up to take on the noisy, polluting petrol vehicle, which was just starting to replace the horse-drawn omnibus and surely had the potential to be a game changer in terms of what it would mean to Londoners and other city-dwellers who were already choking on petrol fumes.Disastrously though, the London Electrobus Company was in the grip of a gang of greedy and fraudulent financiers, who systematically conned shareholders, looted the company's coffers and drove the promise of the electrobus into the ground.Rammed with fascinating characters and vividly capturing the Edwardian era, A Most Deliberate Swindle uncovers one of the biggest frauds in history and reveals why a century later this historic scam has left us all gasping for breath.
Reading And Rebellion In Catholic Germany 1770 1914
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Author : Jeffrey T. Zalar
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2019
Reading And Rebellion In Catholic Germany 1770 1914 written by Jeffrey T. Zalar and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with History categories.
Interrogates the belief that the clergy defined German Catholic reading habits, showing that readers frequently rebelled against their church's rules.
Death Quest
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Author : L. Ron Hubbard
language : en
Publisher: Galaxy Press LLC
Release Date : 2003-06-15
Death Quest written by L. Ron Hubbard and has been published by Galaxy Press LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-06-15 with Fiction categories.
Kinky killers. Exploding speedboats. $2 billion paternity suits. It’s love Voltarian-style . . . and planet Earth is feeling the heat. Voltarian Royal Officer Jettero Heller will go to any length to protect his beloved Countess Krak. He’ll race up the eastern seaboard pursued by the entire Coast Guard. He’ll smash boats, he’ll set off bombs, he’ll fight off every paternity suit that comes his way. . . . But Apparatus Officer Soltan Gris is just as determined to put the Countess out of commission—for good—and he’s found the perfect hit man for the job. Well, almost perfect. This particular Torpedo has one little kink. He takes a bit of an unhealthy interest in his victims . . . after he kills them. And as if Gris didn’t have enough on his plate, wedding bells are ringing. The Voltarian stud is about to tie the knot—with two women! Yes, love is a battlefield. But in this warped war of twisted desires, perverse passions and unholy alliances—the entire Mission Earth enterprise could soon morph into a truly decadent DEATH QUEST. “Remember how you felt the first time you saw Star Wars? This book will do it to you again.” —ORSON SCOTT CARD
The Rebellion Record
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Author : Frank Moore
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1862
The Rebellion Record written by Frank Moore and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1862 with United States categories.
Miss Devereux Of The Mariquita
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Author : Richard Savage
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1895
Miss Devereux Of The Mariquita written by Richard Savage and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1895 with American fiction categories.
Deadly Excitements
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Author : Robert Sampson
language : en
Publisher: Popular Press
Release Date : 1989
Deadly Excitements written by Robert Sampson and has been published by Popular Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Antiques & Collectibles categories.
History of the American pulp magazine. Includes such titles as The Shadow, Black Mask, Weird Tales, Scientic Detective Monthly and Scarlet Adventuress as well as characters like Doc Savage, Captain Future, The Spider, Phantom Detective, The Whisperer and Senorita Scorpion, quick-trigger blonde from Old Texas.
The Billion Dollar Swindle
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Author : Amram M. Ducovny
language : en
Publisher: Fleet PressCorp
Release Date : 1969
The Billion Dollar Swindle written by Amram M. Ducovny and has been published by Fleet PressCorp this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with Social Science categories.
Exposes quack schemes and medical gimmicks that cheat the aged and calls for governmental action to educate the elderly consumer
