By the time we reach the third act, most cons have been running for months. Sometimes years. The grifter has become a family friend. The fake investment portfolio has generated three real dividend payments. The fake relationship has survived two holidays and a minor car accident.
Disclaimer: This blog is a work of speculative fiction and psychological analysis. No actual long cons were conducted in the writing of this post. Probably.
about survivors living in a convention center after a disaster.
Here is the truth they don't put in the crime novels.
A crime-themed series starring Agatha Vega and Eve Sweet focused on con artists going undercover