The Toymaker

Treasure Hunt

The Robbery

Dude, Where's My Spaceship?

The Mystery of the Old Town Hall

Honeydale (Megastar Mysteries)

The Gecko and Sticky: Villain's Lair

Box of Tricks

Skip O’Rourke is dragged into one last con . . . but he doesn’t know the con’s on him in this funny, page-turning debut YA for fans of Winger and Ocean’s Eleven.

Cameron Smith attends an elite boarding school and has just been accepted to Princeton University alongside his beautiful girlfriend, Claire. Life for Cameron would be perfect, except that Cameron Smith is actually Skip O’Rourke, and Skip O’Rourke ran away from his grifter family four years ago…along with $100,000 of their “earnings” (because starting a new life is not cheap). But when his uncle Wonderful tracks him down, Skip’s given an ultimatum: come back to the family for one last con, or say good-bye to life as Cameron.

“One last con” is easier said than done when Skip’s family is just as merciless (and just as manipulative) as they’ve always been, and everyone around him is lying. Skip may have given up on crime, but there’s one lesson he hasn’t forgotten: always know your mark. And if you don’t know who your mark is . . . it’s probably you.

Witty and irresistibly readable, this standout debut will always keep you guessing.

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The Toymaker

Jeremy De Quidt, 2008

Treasure Hunt

Iain Dryden, 2021

The Robbery

W. Murray, 1991

Dude, Where's My Spaceship?

Macky Pamintuan, Dan Greenburg, 2009

The Mystery of the Old Town Hall

Elizabeth Leach, Willow Night, 2021

Honeydale (Megastar Mysteries)

Annabelle Starr, 2007

The Gecko and Sticky: Villain's Lair

Wendelin Van Draanen, 2009

Box of Tricks

Fiona Kelly, 1996