by Blake Ellis
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Ellis, Blake, author. | Hicken, Melanie, author.
Title: A deal with the devil : the dark and twisted true story of one of the biggest cons in history / Blake Ellis, Melanie Hicken.
Description: New York : Atria Books, 2018. | Includes bibliographical references.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017055494 (print) | LCCN 2018013379 (ebook) | ISBN 9781501163869 (Ebook) | ISBN 9781501163845 (hardback) | ISBN 9781501163852 (paperback)
Subjects: LCSH: Swindlers and swindling. | Victims of crimes—Psychology. | Crime—History—21st century. | BISAC: TRUE CRIME / General.
Classification: LCC HV6691 (ebook) | LCC HV6691 .E445 2018 (print) | DDC 364.16/3—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017055494
ISBN 978-1-5011-6384-5
ISBN 978-1-5011-6386-9 (ebook)