John Shepphird – författare

Struggling actress Jane Innes is seduced by a handsome arrival in her acting class. He makes a proposition. He needs Jane to  pose as a carefree heiress in an intricate scam.  Jane’s true identity threatens to surface and their scheme begins to crack at the seams as she enters a tangled maze of deception, depravity and murder.

The Shill

Struggling actress Jane Innes is seduced by a handsome new arrival in her acting class. He makes a proposition. He admits he’s a con man and needs Jane to pose as a rich, carefree heiress to fulfill her part in his intricate scam. All goes as planned until Jane’s true identity threatens to surface and their scheme begins to crack at the seams. It all leads to a tangled maze of deception, depravity, and murder.

Kill the Shill

Her role in the con game was to be the shill before the scam exploded in bloody violence. Discarded, sacrificed like a pawn, Jane’s left holding the bag. The swindlers left a murderous trail and millions of dollars are missing. The problem: Jane knows too much. She’s a liability they can’t afford to keep around. But the con artists underestimated Jane. They miscalculated her tenacity and will to survive. Not one to be crossed, her plan is to use their own weapon, the “art of deception,” against them. Facing insurmountable odds Jane sets out to settle the score with fierce determination, and a few tricks up her sleeve.

Beware the Shill

Bruised, battered, but determined, Jane Innes must navigate a tangled web of deception, depravity and murder, and turn the tables on cunning swindlers. Using the art of deception, this out-of-work actress embarks on a daring caper—her last chance to take down a deadly adversary.

Struggling actress Jane Innes is seduced by a handsome new arrival in her acting class. He makes a proposition. He admits he’s a con man and needs Jane to pose as a rich, carefree heiress to fulfill her part in his intricate scam.

Would you agree? Or run the other way?

All goes as planned until Jane’s true identity threatens to surface and their scheme begins to crack at the seams.

It all leads to a tangled maze of deception, depravity and murder.

The Shill is part one of a trilogy from Shamus Award winning author, John Shepphird.

Her role in the con game was to be the shill before the scam exploded in bloody violence. Discarded, sacrificed like a pawn, Jane’s left holding the bag.

The swindlers left a murderous trail and millions of dollars are missing. The problem; Jane knows too much. She’s a liability they can’t afford to keep around. But the con artists underestimated Jane. They miscalculated her tenacity and will to survive. Not one to be crossed, her plan is to use their own weapon, the “art of deception,” against them. Facing insurmountable odds Jane sets out to settle the score with fierce determination, and a few tricks up her sleeve.

Kill the Shill is part two of a trilogy from Shamus Award winning author John Shepphird.

Life can turn on a dime against the jagged cliffs of California’s Central Coast…

Bruised, battered, but determined, Jane Innes must navigate a tangled web of deception, depravity and murder, and turn the tables on cunning swindlers. Using the art of deception, this out-of-work actress embarks on a daring caper—her last chance to take down a deadly adversary.

Following The Shill and Kill the Shill, Beware the Shill concludes this thrilling trilogy from Shamus Award-winning author John Shepphird.

Reformed-swindler-turned-private-eye Jack O’Shea investigates a strange death at a shadowy Northern California mountain college—a “visa mill” with close ties to Silicon Valley. Accompanied by his retired racing greyhound, Jack discovers the school sits on top of an abandoned gold mine with dark secrets buried underneath. Rooting out deception, and navigating murder, is Jack’s stock-in-trade.

Reformed-swindler-turned-private-eye Jack O’Shea investigates a strange death at a shadowy Northern California mountain college—a “visa mill” with close ties to Silicon Valley. Accompanied by his retired racing greyhound, Jack discovers the school sits on top of an abandoned gold mine with dark secrets buried underneath. Rooting out deception, and navigating murder, is Jack’s stock-in-trade.