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When a brilliant con artist, Harvey Metcalfe, drains the life savings of an Oxford don, a celebrated medical doctor, a fashionable French art dealer, and an English lord, the four strangers realise they have only one choice: to unite and bring him down. Armed with their expertise—scholarship, medicine, art, and aristocratic influence—they pursue Metcalfe across the globe, from the glittering casinos of Monte Carlo to Ascot racecourses, Wall Street financial hubs, and London's art galleries. Their mission is simple: track, trap, and repay every stolen penny, turning the tables on the master swindler in a tense, suspense‑filled chase.
First publish date: 1980
Genre: Crime Fiction/Heist Fiction
Authors: Jeffrey Archer
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