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The Confidence Games

The Confidence Games

Summary

There are two rules: We only target men. And only men who deserve it.

Emma Oxley and Nellie Yarrow have been inseparable their whole lives. Ever since they reinvented themselves, changing their names and wiping clean their digital footprints, they have made a game of following wherever the next adventure leads and challenging themselves to thefts, street cons, and mind games.

Until suddenly, they must play to save their own lives.

Blackmailed into stealing from a high-security exhibit, Emma will reexamine everything she believed to be true. This heist takes her far beyond her comfort zone and she and Nellie will need allies among the glitzy bejewelled gathering in London in order to survive. But will they be able to do the right thing before it’s too late?

Emma and Nellie must pull off the ultimate heist in this fun, fresh and twisty crime novel for fans of How to Kill Your Family and Killing Eve.

'The Confidence Games is everything you need in a novel: fast-paced, feminist, fun’ Colleen Oakley, bestselling author of The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise

Readers are obsessed with The Confidence Games:

'A fresh take on classic plot' 5 star reader review
'Entertaining from the first page, The Confidence Games is a must read' 5-star reader review

'I devoured this.' 5 star reader review

A fun, delightful, action-filled, suspenseful, exciting story ' 5 star reader review

Reviews

  • This high-flying heist has glamour, thrills, and diamond-hard edges, with a touching found family story at its core
    Nina Simon, New York Times bestselling author of Mother-Daughter Murder Night

About the author

Tess Amy

Tess Amy was born in Johannesburg but now enjoys a nomadic lifestyle, living between Europe and South Africa. She holds a master’s degree from The Durban University of Technology, is an outdoor enthusiast, animal lover and unfaltering optimist.
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