Empire of Deception: The Incredible Story of a Master Swindler Who Seduced a City and Captivated the Nation

Empire of Deception: The Incredible Story of a Master Swindler Who Seduced a City and Captivated the NationIt was a time of unregulated madness. And nowhere was it madder than in Chicago at the dawn of the Roaring Twenties. Enter a slick, smooth talking, charismatic lawyer named Leo Koretz, who enticed hundreds of people to invest as much as $30 million upward of $400 million today in phantom timberland and nonexistent oil wells in Panama. This rip roaring tale of greed, financial corruption, dirty politics, over the top and under the radar deceit, illicit

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Publisher: Tor Books

Rebecca Yarros is the Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author of over ten novels

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