Hide an old car long enough and it becomes worth millions.
Leroy Logan, the world’s most notorious con artist, has been running long cons for sixty years—and this is the best one yet.
He stashed an antique car in an old garage back in the seventies and faked articles about it in magazines and newspapers for thirty-seven years. Real stories followed, about the “legendary” lost automobile.
years. Real stories followed, about the “legendary” lost automobile.
“As real as we say it is…”
It’s become an urban legend; The GHOST COACH, a car maybe once owned by the eccentric Howard Hughes…or maybe the missing pilot Amelia Earhart.
All he needs to make this his greatest score ever is some seed money and a crew.
Of course, Leroy’s broke and his old crew are all dead or in prison, so he goes to Dani Silver, his own Grifter’s Daughter to supply both.
This time it’s not so easy…
Together they gather the crew, find the marks—and get blindsided by a crooked lawyer, a bat swinging loan shark…and fate. Scrambling to keep the plan alive, Leroy brings in a fallen priest, a gay British veteran and Dani’s most eccentric band of crooks.
With an ending that’ll bring tears of joy and sadness, the GHOST COACH is a thrill ride you’ll never forget.
Here’s what readers are saying about THE GHOST COACH…
★★★★★“If you liked THE STING you’ll like this book.”
★★★★★“Great story, as you find yourself pulling for the bad guys…”
★★★★★ “If I could, I would give this book more than 5 stars!”
★★★★★ “These stories are very interesting and thrilling to read…”
★★★★★ “Although I haven’t elevated Duane Lindsay to Elmore Leonard’s level yet, I think this book compares pretty well with Get Shorty.”
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I would like to start by saying I’d really rate this book 4-1/2 stars but that’s not an option, although it was wonderful, just didn’t quite hit the 5 star mark for me. This is the second book in the series, but holds its own as a standalone. Well developed story and characters will capture and keep your attention throughout. A certain page turner of a story with told with humor and thoughtfulness, twists and turns to keep you guessing and really marvel at the craftiness and intelligence of the con-men in the book and truly make you question who the bad guys really are. The reason I took off 1/2 a star is there were some editing issues (misspellings and grammar) that detracted from the story, but didn’t detract so much as to make this unreadable. Get this BOOK, this series and read in any order. You certainly won’t be sorry!
Grifters — watch each scam com to life — until it doesn’t 5 stars
Did you see that one coming? Duane Lindsay, the author, is good at bringing out the unexpected.
The first scam is believing that Duane Lindsay was writing his memoir starting when he was in high school. He got me in the school cafeteria with a Playboy magazine — on page one. I was an easy mark.
You find out that there is a certain skill to be able to separate a mark from his money. Then you learn first hand what it means to have honor amongst thieves.
An honorable thief and his accompanists have done several decades of fleecing marks.
Duane explains the long con, develops it, picks up the pieces as the framework crumbles and still finds ways to be successful with the scam. And you were expecting it (but not the way it happens, trust me).
Trust. Hard to come by. And you, the reader, are about to … you need to see for your self.
The plot is basic. If anything, there is a little too much distracting detail about nearly everything to keep you distracted. Just like a successful scam.
It is fun, light and you will even begrudgingly start to like the family of Leroy Logan. Leroy is the fading elder scammer who keeps the story going.
I was disappointed near the end when the first person narrative switched to having an observer telling the story as one scam fell apart but the first person narrative returns and gets the energy back into the story.
As with the first book in this series, I really enjoyed reading it. The characters are funny and quirky, and you just don’t know how they’re going to get out of their next big mess. I recommend the book. Why not 5 stars? First, there are still way too many typos in the book. A character named Cooper is sometimes Copper. Words are left out, and sometimes you actually have to stop and think about what the author was trying to convey. He needs an editor or at least a few good friends to proofread. Without giving away too much, I was also confused as to why one particular character thought Leroy ruined his childhood (two characters say this, but for one it made no sense to me), and also how he figured out what no other person or the FBI could figure out. Seriously? But most things come together well, and it’s a fun read. I wish there were more in the series, and hopefully one day there will be. For now, I’m going to go back and start reading this author’s 4-book series about Leroy and Kate. Looking forward to more from this author.