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Spun: A waitress. A con man. The story police wouldn't touch.
Hardcover
Biographies GeneralGeneral PsychologyTrue Crime
Publisher Price: $48.99
ISBN13: 9781067537326
Publisher: Mettle Quill Publishing
Published: May 7 2026
Pages: 436
Weight: 1.44
Height: 1.13 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Sometimes evil doesn't come with bulging eyes and gnashing teeth.
Sometimes evil smiles back at you.
Waving.
From a barstool.
The problem with being conned is that it feels perfectly reasonable-while it's happening.
Glenda wanted more than an ordinary life. When a charismatic philanthropist offered a glimpse into a world of generosity, influence, and possibility, she stepped through the door believing it would change everything. Instead, she found herself staring at a headline:
FINANCIAL PREDATOR-
Her best friend had conned 32 police officers.
Nothing about Daryl-his past, his promises, or his power-was what it seemed. He built trust, told the right stories, and used them to take what wasn't his. What began as friendship became something the justice system refused to touch-leaving Glenda with one option: To warn people herself.
A high-school dropout sets out to write a book-not for revenge, but because silence protects predators.
Through a series of haunting vignettes, SPUN follows Daryl's evolution-from boy to predator-as he shape-shifts, charms, deceives, and disappears-circling one chilling question: What kind of person can deceive the people closest to him-and keep walking free?
A psychological true crime memoir about manipulation, trust, and the quiet precision of a long con. Told with the pacing of a thriller and the honesty of lived experience, SPUN shows how ordinary people are drawn into extraordinary deception-and what it takes to face it, survive it, and speak about it.
Deception doesn't begin with a lie. It begins with trust.
For readers of My Friend Anna, The Confidence Game, Bad Blood, and the psychological intensity of Baby Reindeer.
. ���� From the award-winning author of Spinning on a Barstool (Gold - Memoir, Silver - Overall Nonfiction, 2023 Reader Views Literary Awards)
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