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--Larry King

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--Sunday Times

One million dollars that's what Harvey Metcalfe, lifelong king of shady deals, has pulled off with empty promises of an oil bonanza and instant riches. Overnight, four men  the heir to an earldom, a Harley Street doctor, a Bond Street art dealer and an OxfoM don - find themselves penniless. But this time Harvey has swindled the wrong men.They band together and shadow him from the casinos of Monte Carlo to the high-stakes windows at Ascot :rod the hallowed lawns of Oxford.

Their ptan is simple: to Sting the crook for exactly what hey lost - not a penny more, not a penny less.