God’s gift to conmen actually inherits a huge sum of money from a long lost relative causing every conman worth his salt and every femme fatale and seductress to beckon. If you’re already gullible to a fault, how do you deal with the onslaught of cons? Chaos, confusion and more ensue. Westlake piles on the layers of cons. After the fifth layer of quadruple crosses, I simply sat back and enjoyed wondering how he could possibly resolve all the competing claims. The world he depicts is a grifter’s paradise.