The Girl With the Long Green Heart Author:Lawrence Block She was every man's dream -- and one man's nightmare! — Johnny Hayden and Doug Rance had a scheme to take real estate entrepreneur Wallace Gunderman for all he was worth. But they needed a girl on the inside to make it work. — Enter Evelyn Stone: Gunderman's secretary, his lover -- and his worst enemy. Gunderman promised to marry her, ... more »but never came through. Now she's ready to make him pay . . .« less
A shining example of Block's earlier work, set in the first person as he most often does. Never mind the fact that with today's science and security, it couldn't happen. The 60's must have been fun.
Johnny Hayden and his partner had the perfect scam-offer a guy a fraction of what he paid for a piece of worthless Canadian land and make it seem like it's only part of a much bigger parcel being assembled. Then get the mark curious, so curious he'll pay a fortune to own the whole thing. Tricky...the other prize is Evvie, the girl with the long green heart.