Getting Filthy Rich — David Pereda

Rich Connermann is a small-time Houston con man who makes his living bilking credulous investors. Rich yearns to become filthy rich. Money energizes him, gives him a rush, even excites him sexually -- particularly when he earns it on a con. This time Rich has outdone himself. He has come up with an idea he believes will make him richer than he ever dreamed. And he has found the ideal marks to con: his own partner and his friends, a bunch of dumb and wealthy Arabs. But could Rich be trying to cheat the wrong people? Rich doesn't think so. He has such confidence in his scheme that he's willing to travel to the Middle East, accompanied by his mistress, carrying a $2,000,000 check as seed money to hoodwink the Arabs out of $20,000,000. Obviously, Rich isn't worried about being conned himself -- but should he be?