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Lädt ... Die schönsten Dinge: Roman (2010)von Toni Jordan
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Thoroughly unbelievable but very entertaining - a page turner about a family of con artists - an interesting ending - she could have taken Daniel with her! ( ) Della belongs to a family of con artists. She is in her 20s and lives with her father, her father's partner, her brother, her uncle and aunt and her cousins and they are all in on the game. They have weekly meetings where they assess each other's con ideas and vote on whether or not to proceed. All family members help out others on the projects they decide to proceed with. Della's latest idea is to con a private trust to get a science grant of $25,000. Here she meets rich Daniel Metcalf who has claimed to have seen a Tasmanian tiger in Wilson's Promontory National Park when he was a child - a perfect mark and a perfect con. This book is great fun, easy to read. HIghly recommended. “Fall Girl”, the latest novel by Toni Jordan, is the sort of book you can’t stop reading, yet you don’t want it to end. This book has a bit of everything: humour, intrigue, romance, sexual tension, witty dialogue, characters you can’t help liking, even a chase! When I read the summary on the back cover, I thought I could predict which way the plot would go, but I was in for a few surprises. Jordan deals with a few issues on the way: knowing who you really are; what you tell yourself about your past; family loyalty and how people justify their (mis)deeds. Full of con artists (but who is really being conned?) who may (or may not) get their comeuppance. I thought it would be difficult to maintain the standard of Toni Jordan’s excellent debut, “Addition”, but “Fall Girl” does so with ease. I look forward to Toni Jordan’s next novel. Would I normally choose to read this book? No. I read this because it was the set bookgroup light read for December. I was definitely out of my comfort zone. To begin with, I felt irritated spending time with Della Gilmore and her family. They are professional grifters( new word for me) i.e. con artists. Della has come up with a scheme to con $25,000 out of a trust fund. However things don't go according to plan and Della finds her self in situations she can't control. I didn't like this family or plot but nonetheless found myself caught up and wanting to read it to the end. In hindsight, I see the front cover pretty much gives the plot away. I can see this being picked up for a movie. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
The secret to having people give you money is to act as though you don't want it.'Meet Ella Canfield, highly qualified evolutionary biologist. Attractive, if a little serious-looking in those heavy glasses-but then she's about to put her career on the line. Dr Canfield is seeking funding for a highly unorthodox research project. She wants to prove that an extinct animal still roams in one of Australia's most popular national parks.Meet Daniel Metcalf, good-looking, expensively dishevelled millionaire. Quite witty but far too rich to be taken seriously. He heads the Metcalf Trust, which donates money to offbeat scientific research projects. He has a personal interest in animals that don't exist.Problem number one: There is no such person as Dr Ella Canfield.Problem number two: Della Gilmore, professional con artist, has never met anyone like Daniel Metcalf before.Someone is going to take a fall. A sparkling, sexy read from the author of Addition, Fall Girl is a story about passion and loyalty, deceit and integrity, and the importance of believing in things that don't exist. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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