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24 titles for readers of The Mysterious Stranger by Walter Bates, selected for shared themes: Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions, Criminals & Outlaws, True Crime, and Personal Memoirs.

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Corruption Officer From Jail Guard to Perpetrator Inside Rikers Island — Gary L. Heyward

Corruption Officer From Jail Guard to Perpetrator Inside Rikers Island

Gary L. Heyward

Themes: Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions • Criminals & Outlaws • True Crime

Catch Me If You Can The Amazing True Story of the Youngest and Most Daring Con Man in the History of Fun and Profit! — Frank W. Abagnale

Catch Me If You Can The Amazing True Story of the Youngest and Most Daring Con Man in the History of Fun and Profit!

Frank W. Abagnale

Themes: Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions • Criminals & Outlaws • True Crime

Hunting Whitey The Inside Story of the Capture & Killing of America’s Most Wanted Crime Boss — Casey Sherman

Hunting Whitey The Inside Story of the Capture & Killing of America’s Most Wanted Crime Boss

Themes: Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions • Criminals & Outlaws • True Crime

Fate Deals a Hand The Slippery Fortunes of Titanic’s Professional Gamblers — George Behe

Fate Deals a Hand The Slippery Fortunes of Titanic’s Professional Gamblers

Themes: Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions • Criminals & Outlaws • True Crime

The Best New True Crime Stories Partners in Crime — Mitzi Szereto

The Best New True Crime Stories Partners in Crime

Themes: Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions • Criminals & Outlaws • True Crime

Confident Women Swindlers, Grifters, and Shapeshifters of the Feminine Persuasion — Tori Telfer

Confident Women Swindlers, Grifters, and Shapeshifters of the Feminine Persuasion

Themes: Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions • Criminals & Outlaws • True Crime

The Con Queen of Hollywood The Hunt for an Evil Genius — Scott C. Johnson

The Con Queen of Hollywood The Hunt for an Evil Genius

Scott C. Johnson

Themes: Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions • Criminals & Outlaws • True Crime

Go Down Together The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde — Jeff Guinn

Go Down Together The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde

Themes: Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions • Criminals & Outlaws • True Crime

A Gentleman and a Thief The Daring Jewel Heists of a Jazz Age Rogue — Dean Jobb

A Gentleman and a Thief The Daring Jewel Heists of a Jazz Age Rogue

Themes: Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions • Criminals & Outlaws • True Crime

Hollywood Con Queen The Hunt for an Evil Genius — Scott C. Johnson

Hollywood Con Queen The Hunt for an Evil Genius

Scott C. Johnson

Themes: Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions • Criminals & Outlaws • True Crime

Roll the Dice — Darius Guppy

Themes: Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions • Criminals & Outlaws • True Crime

The Napoleon of Crime The Life and Times of Adam Worth, Master Thief — Ben Macintyre

The Napoleon of Crime The Life and Times of Adam Worth, Master Thief

Themes: Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions • Criminals & Outlaws • True Crime

Practice to Deceive — Ann Rule

Practice to Deceive

Themes: Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions • Criminals & Outlaws • True Crime

Psychic Blues Confessions of a Conflicted Medium — Mark Edward

Psychic Blues Confessions of a Conflicted Medium

Themes: Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions • Criminals & Outlaws • True Crime

Sex on the Moon The Amazing Story Behind the Most Audacious Heist in History — Ben Mezrich

Sex on the Moon The Amazing Story Behind the Most Audacious Heist in History

Themes: Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions • Criminals & Outlaws • True Crime

There Is No Ethan How Three Women Caught America’s Biggest Catfish — Anna Akbari

There Is No Ethan How Three Women Caught America’s Biggest Catfish

Themes: Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions • Criminals & Outlaws • True Crime

Epstein Dead Men Tell No Tales — Dylan Howard

Epstein Dead Men Tell No Tales

Themes: Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions • Criminals & Outlaws • True Crime

The Woman Who Wasn’t There The True Story of an Incredible Deception — Robin Gaby Fisher

The Woman Who Wasn’t There The True Story of an Incredible Deception

Robin Gaby Fisher

Themes: Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions • Criminals & Outlaws • True Crime

A Pickpocket’s Tale: The Underworld of Nineteenth-Century New York — Timothy J. Gilfoyle

A Pickpocket’s Tale: The Underworld of Nineteenth-Century New York

Timothy J. Gilfoyle

Themes: Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions • Criminals & Outlaws • True Crime

Catch Me If You Can The True Story of a Real Fake — Frank W. Abagnale

Catch Me If You Can The True Story of a Real Fake

Frank W. Abagnale

Themes: Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions • Criminals & Outlaws • True Crime

The Art Thief A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession — Michael Finkel

The Art Thief A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession

Themes: Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions • Criminals & Outlaws • True Crime

Madoff The Man Who Stole $65 Billion — Erin Arvedlund

Madoff The Man Who Stole $65 Billion

Themes: Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions • Criminals & Outlaws • True Crime

A Plot to Kill The Notorious Killing of Peter Farquhar, a Story of Deception and Betrayal That Shocked a Quiet English Town — David Wilson

A Plot to Kill The Notorious Killing of Peter Farquhar, a Story of Deception and Betrayal That Shocked a Quiet English Town

Themes: Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions • Criminals & Outlaws • True Crime

Unmask Alice LSD, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World’s Most Notorious Diaries — Rick Emerson

Unmask Alice LSD, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World’s Most Notorious Diaries

Themes: Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions • Criminals & Outlaws • True Crime

If The Mysterious Stranger by Walter Bates is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions, Criminals & Outlaws, True Crime and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by Gary L. Heyward, Frank W. Abagnale, Casey Sherman, George Behe, and others.

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