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 Terrified of losing everything Neil reluctantly
kindly family man. A bit geeky, a bit nerdy. agrees to help Christopher – a passing confidence
If you met him, you would assume he runs a trickster – use his premises for a big sting. So the
failing comic memorabilia store in London’s con is on and the trap is set.
Soho. Which he does. In order to bail himself
But things are never as they seem in the
out of a huge stock-ruining, poster sopping
twilight world of the confidence man. And
basement flood, he needs to claim on his
when Christopher’s real target is revealed, Neil
insurance. Which he would do – if he’d
finds himself plotting, switching, swapping and
remembered to pay his premium.
scamming for revenge, for redemption. And for
his life.
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Richard Asplin is the author of two previous AVAILABLE MAY 2009
novels, T-Shirt & Genes and Gagged – A ‘B’ Format (198 X 129mm) 416pp
Thriller With Jokes. He is a lover of mid-
RIGHTS: WORLD
period Woody Allen movies, Richard Dawkins,
ISBN: 978-1-84243-294-5
David Mamet, Elvis Presley, Big Bad Voodoo
Daddy, Texas Hold’em, vintage guitars and
his cat. Richard currently lives in London.
www.noexit.co.uk/titles/conman/
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