Nicholas Searle
Author
Description
Roy is a con man living in a leafy English suburb, about to pull off the final coup of his career. He is going to meet and woo a beautiful woman. He will swiftly move in with her, and together they will live the seemingly calm life of a retired couple - evenings in front of the television, a little holiday in Berlin. Then he will slip away with her life savings. But who is the man behind the con? What has he had to do to survive this life of lies?...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2017
Description
Francis O'Neill is a terrorist, trained to kill for his cause. Bridget is his wife, expected to be loyal and stand by her husband. She has learned not to hope for much more, until the day she glimpses, for the first time, the chance of a new life. A life without violence, without secrets, and without knocks on the door in the dead of night. A life without her husband. But what if freedom for Bridget means grave danger for Francis?
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Ent
Pub. Date
2020
Description
Bill Condon directs this US drama starring Ian McKellen and Helen Mirren. After meeting widow Betty McLeish (Mirren) online, elderly con artist Roy Courtnay (McKellen) resolves to take everything she has. As he works his way deeper into her life, Betty's son Steven (Russell Tovey) begins to suspect that Roy is not all that he appears. But is Betty as credulous as Roy perceives?