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 Beano
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" Rina, a New Jersey crime boss who
doesn't take kindly to being cheated at high-stakes poker.
Rina beats Beano 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 Rina, Beano masterminds one
final Mother of All Scams: a Byzantine and diabolical "big-
store" con that will destroy Joe Rina and his Mob family.
There's just one problem: Beano needs Rina'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 Beano has no choice. The
unlikely pair trek from Atlantic City to the Bahamas to
the California coast, implementing the Master Plan leading
to the Big Sting, setting the traps and laying the bait,
ensnaring the Rina 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.
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