What's the Name of That Book??? discussion
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True Story of Con Artist, mostly passport fraud. Takes place in Middle East. He also tricks a women to leave the man she is with for him, she falls in love & got involved in his illegal activities. Title: (The) Scorpion? Read around 1996. Spoiler.
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Kris wrote: "Nancy, I added some details to the header/ topic title. Feel free to edit it."Thank you Kris for adding those details for me. I appreciate it.
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How does the con artist describe himself (e.g., home country, job, rich, widower/single)?
This sounds a lot like the book On the Trail of the Serpent, first published in 1979. The recent netflix series "The Serpent" ist based on this book.
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https://books.google.com/books?id=Rm2... There are different cover images.
There is also Serpentine: The True Story of a Serial Killer's Reign of Terror from Europe to South Asia by Thomas Thompson
Kris wrote: "You're welcome.How does the con artist describe himself (e.g., home country, job, rich, widower/single)?"
As I recall, he presented himself as someone you could see yourself hanging out with. He presented himself as a guy with a sense of humor, helpful, friendly, and complimentary. At least to this particular woman in the story, as she left her boyfriend and they may have even been engaged, for this foreigner.
Sarah wrote: "This sounds a lot like the book On the Trail of the Serpent, first published in 1979. The recent netflix series "The Serpent" ist based on this book."It does sound similar, but I don't believe that he was a murderer. The women in the story that he seduced, helped him forge passports. She was eventually imprisoned for those crimes and probably others and he was not. I don't remember him killing anyone.
Tab wrote: "There is also Serpentine: The True Story of a Serial Killer's Reign of Terror from Europe to South Asia by Thomas Thompson"It does sound similar, but I don't believe that he was a murderer. The women in the story that he seduced, helped him forge passports. She was eventually imprisoned for those crimes and probably others and he was not. I don't remember him killing anyone.
What's the Name of That Book???
Books mentioned in this topic
Serpentine: Charles Sobhraj's Reign of Terror from Europe to South Asia (other topics)Serpentine: Charles Sobhraj's Reign of Terror from Europe to South Asia (other topics)
On the Trail of the Serpent: The Life and Crimes of Charles Sobhraj (other topics)
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Thomas Thompson (other topics)Thomas Thompson (other topics)
Richard Neville (other topics)
I believe that the name of the book that I am searching for is called either Scorpion or The Scorpion. I read this book about 25 years ago. It is a true story, set in the Middle East, I believe, perhaps Egypt. It's about this very accomplished con artist and ladies man. A woman was traveling in a Middle Eastern country with a man who was either her fiancee or maybe they were newlyweds. This couple met a man, the con artist, and they spent some time with this man. The woman fell in love with the con artist and left her traveling companion for this man. She soon got deeply involved in his illegal activities, one being passport fraud. She was eventually arrested and spent a portion of her life in a foreign prison. The con artist was not arrested.