An edition of The grift (2008)

The grift

a novel

1st ed.

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An edition of The grift (2008)

The grift

a novel

1st ed.

A grifter who uses her talents as a fake psychic to gain the trust of her wealthy clients, Marina Marks suddenly discovers that she has gained the ability to truly see into the future, but after predicting the murder of her lover, she suddenly becomes the prime suspect in the crime, desperate to clear her name and uncover the meaning of her visions.

Publish Date
Language
English
Pages
337

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Cover of: The Grift
The Grift
2008, Crown Publishing Group
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Cover of: The grift
The grift: a novel
2008, Shaye Areheart Books
in English - 1st ed.

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Edition Notes

Published in
New York
Genre
Fiction.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.6
Library of Congress
PS3607.I4585 G75 2008

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
337

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL16414159M
ISBN 13
9780307382726
LCCN
2008000947
OCLC/WorldCat
190786109
LibraryThing
5634285
Goodreads
3323821

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL5972965W

Work Description

What happens when a pseudo psychic suddenly gets the real gift?Marina Marks has been on the grift as a psychic since she was a child, forced into the business by a junkie mother who was always desperate for her next fix--and willing to use her solemn dark-haired daughter to peddle an extra buck. As an adult, Marina has earned a handsome living preying on the dreams and fears of her clients. She doesn't believe there is such a thing as psychic ability, but she does believe in intuition. Her gift is the ability to gain the trust of her clients and subtly raise her fees as they become more attached to her and her readings.But when Marina moves her "intuitive counseling" business out of muggy, cloying Florida to the milder environs of southern California, her past follows her. As she takes on new clients--a trophy wife desperate to bear a child, a gay man involved with a closeted psychiatrist, and a philandering businessman who's smitten with her--a former client resurfaces in an eerie way. Suddenly, Marina is in love for the first time, but it is a romance whose roots lie deep in her past and threaten her efforts to reinvent herself. As Marina's life gets more and more entangled with those of her clients, she makes a startling discovery: she suddenly has the actual ability to see the future. After predicting a murder exactly as it happens, she becomes the sole suspect. Now she's the desperate one--desperate to clear her name and to discover the meaning behind her visions.From the Hardcover edition.

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