Escaping a harsh life in Ireland, 16 year old May Sharpe arrives penniless in New York. Falling in with the criminal underworld, within 2 years May becomes the most successful con-woman in America.
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Escaping from an abusive home, Irish teenager, May Sharpe, flees to America to find a new life. Arriving penniless in 1920’s New York, May has to choose between starvation, or a life of crime.
In two short years she becomes the most famous con-woman in the city, but, at the height of her success May has to re-examine her morality, and makes a decision that could threaten her own young life. Inspired by a true story.
Fourth Book in the Southern Swallow Series finds the Academician Li K'ai-men in exile on Hai-nan Island. China has a new invasion threat. A showdown between ingenuity and technology explodes as the Sung Dynasty tries to preserve itself.
