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Somewhere in the shadows, where
High Fidelity meets The Usual Suspects,
where David Mamet meets Ben Elton,
Conman will keep you laughing,
guessing and up all night until the last
page is turned and the breathtaking
truth is revealed.
‘The first blue-chip young
novelist of the 21st Century.
Catch him if you can’
– Tony Parsons
CONMAN
RICHARD ASPLIN
Conman is the story of young Neil Martin, a kindly – use his premises for a big sting. So the con is on
family man. A bit geeky, a bit nerdy. If you met him, you and the trap is set.
would assume he runs a failing comic memorabilia
But things are never as they seem in the twilight
store in London’s Soho. Which he does. In order
world of the confidence man. And when Christopher’s
to bail himself out of a huge stock-ruining, poster
real target is revealed, Neil finds himself plotting,
sopping basement flood, he needs to claim on his
switching, swapping and scamming for revenge, for
insurance. Which he would do – if he’d remembered
redemption. And for his life.
to pay his premium.
Terrified of losing everything Neil reluctantly agrees
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to help Christopher – a passing confidence trickster
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Richard Asplin is the author of two previous novels,
RIGHTS: WORLD
T-Shirt & Genes and Gagged – A Thriller With Jokes.
ISBN13: 978-1-84243-294-5
He is a lover of mid-period Woody Allen movies,
Richard Dawkins, David Mamet, Elvis Presley, Big
Bad Voodoo Daddy, Texas Hold’em, vintage guitars
and his cat. Richard currently lives in Wales.
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