James Swain Books in Order

Escape artist Vincent Hardare learns his daughter has been trapped in a Mexican prison on false charges. To get her out, he turns to planning, nerve, and the same impossible escape skills that made his name.

This early magic book collects James Swain's close up card work, sleights, and performance pieces in one practical volume. It is aimed at magicians who want polished routines they can actually use in front of people.

A collection of card routines and sleight of hand material, this book focuses on practical close up magic with strong, audience ready effects. It is built for magicians who want clear instruction and routines with real punch.

Swain's later card magic book mixes strong routines, gambling demonstrations, and memorized deck ideas. It is geared toward performers who want polished close up material and the thinking behind why it works.

Tony Valentine is called to Las Vegas when a quiet grifter starts beating a casino with a scam no one can explain. The case looks clever at first, then opens into something bigger and far more dangerous.

After his old partner is killed in a bombing, Tony Valentine returns to Atlantic City to retrace the dead man's last case. The trail leads through a multimillion dollar casino takedown, mobsters, and angles on every side.

A vanished blackjack dealer and eighty four impossible winning hands send Tony Valentine into a South Florida casino mess full of gangsters, double crosses, and buried motives. He has to figure out the scam before the bodies pile up.

When Tony Valentine's son disappears on a trip to Las Vegas, Tony follows him into a city of rival casinos, hidden agendas, and fresh scams. A small blackjack problem quickly turns into a much larger threat.

Tony Valentine investigates Ricky Smith, an apparent nobody who keeps winning at every game and contest he touches. The case pulls Tony and his son into a violent small town mystery where luck looks a lot like a con.

A blind poker player appears to be scamming the biggest tournament in Las Vegas, and Tony Valentine and Gerry are hired to expose the trick. Their separate investigations lead into a deadly tangle of grifters, hitmen, and old scores.

Tony Valentine and his son Gerry get pulled into a deadly poker world after a con man's dying confession sparks a Las Vegas showdown. While Gerry tangles with the mob, Tony hunts the cheat rigging a major tournament.

Former Broward missing persons cop Jack Carpenter is forced to reopen the Simon Skell case when new evidence suggests the wrong man may be in prison. His search uncovers a wider conspiracy of predators across Florida.

Days before serial killer Abb Grimes is executed, his grandson disappears and Jack Carpenter takes the case. The search drags him through South Florida's predator filled underworld and into a fresh wave of murder.

Jack Carpenter's hunt for a man stalking his daughter's basketball team brings back an old kidnapping he never solved. When another girl vanishes, he follows a twisted trail through South Florida toward a long buried nightmare.

Tony Valentine heads to Nevada to catch the last con man connected to an old family murder. At the same time, he is pulled into a baffling case of slot jackpots being stolen without anyone touching the machines.

Magician Vincent Hardare fakes a prediction of a killer's next murder during a television appearance, then finds himself marked for death by the real murderer. He has to outthink the killer before his family pays the price.

A serial killer kidnaps seventeen-year-old Wayne Ladd and tries to turn him into a murderer through a brutal experiment called the Program. FBI agents Ken Linderman and Rachel Vick race to stop him before time runs out.

In 1979 Atlantic City, Detective Tony Valentine faces mob theft, crooked cops, con men, and a serial killer as casinos transform the town. This prequel shows the younger Valentine learning how dirty the gambling world can get.

By night Peter Warlock dazzles audiences in New York, by day he works with secret psychics who try to prevent violent crimes. When an evil order targets him and his allies, stage magic is no longer enough.

Psychic magician Peter Warlock is dragged into a deadly fight after a séance brings him face to face with soul stealing shadow beings and a serial killer. To stop the next murder, he must confront the evil order tied to his parents' deaths.

To keep his crew out of jail, casino cheat Billy Cunningham agrees to stop a legendary family of thieves from ripping off a Las Vegas casino. At the same time, he runs his own dangerous con for a much bigger payday.

Billy Cunningham's biggest scam yet requires his crew to pose as high rollers for a week in Las Vegas. Contract killers, an old flame, and one shaky plan threaten to turn the payout into a bloodbath.

Billy Cunningham plans a massive Vegas score with a crew of elite cheats, then gets blackmailed into helping rig the Super Bowl. Betrayal hits from inside his own team, and every move becomes a double cross.

Teenager Nicki Pearl is being watched by a growing number of obsessed strangers, and her family hires ex Navy SEAL Jon Lancaster to protect her. Teaming with FBI agent Beth Daniels, he uncovers a darker plot beneath the stalking.

Jon Lancaster and FBI agent Beth Daniels reunite over the disappearance of young women in Florida. The case turns personal when evidence points toward Lancaster's estranged brother and a brutal human trafficking network.

When Beth Daniels's father dies under suspicious circumstances, she and Jon Lancaster head to St. Augustine for the funeral and find blackmail, missing money, and hidden lives. The deeper they dig, the more dangerous the truth becomes.

Most wanted Vegas cheat Billy Cunningham teams up with an FBI agent who has gambling debts and a serious weakness. Their plan to hit a casino for millions looks brilliant until the pressure closes in from every side.