The Good Con:
First Principle
By: J.M. Stadtmueller
A THREE-BOOK SERIES
The powerful don't follow the rules. They write them.
Victoria and Julianne are not the women anyone saw coming. They are accomplished, fearless, and operating at the absolute peak of their intelligence and their lives, and that changes absolutely everything.
Three books. Three takedowns. A billionaire selling neurological data to foreign governments from a superyacht in St. Barts. A financial system where the ultra-wealthy borrow billions against their stock portfolios completely tax free while everyone else pays their full share. A crypto empire built on nothing but the confidence of the people foolish enough to trust it. Two women with extraordinary taste, unshakeable loyalty to each other, and a very clear understanding of how power actually works in the world, and exactly how to use it.
These are not women searching for their place at the table. They built their own.
The Good Con series is a luxury thriller with the heart of a classic caper. Two women, one superyacht, and a billionaire who never saw them coming.
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Meet J.M. Stadtmueller
J.M. Stadtmueller is the pen name of husband and wife writing team, based on the east coast, US. Jo Ann brings fourteen years of executive-level writing across high tech and AI; ghost writing technical content, white papers, and PR for industry leaders, alongside an earlier career in marketing, PR and political campaign management. Mark is a current CTO in artificial intelligence whose career spans nuclear engineering in the United States Navy, executive leadership in defense software, and decades at the intersection of technology and power.
A trilogy built for the page — and beyond.
1
The Good Con
First Principle
The con is already running. You just didn't know you were in it. The data brokering world has been running the perfect con for years, packaging and selling everything about you without your knowledge. Until two women decided to run a better one.
2
The Good Con
Margin Call
The lifestyle is real. The money behind it isn't. Borrowed billions, pledged assets, and a performance so convincing even the banks believed it. Until two women decided to follow the paper trail.
3
The Good Con
Proof of Stake
The blockchain never forgets. Neither do they. A senator. His son. Forty thousand victims who never saw it coming. And two women who followed the receipts all the way to the truth on a ledger no one can erase.
What Beta Readers Are Saying
Alexa T.
"The Good Con is a page turner. Stadtmueller's characters are so fun to read about, and the plot kept me engrossed until the end! Highly recommend book one to anyone who loves a smart caper and female leads!"
Maria L.
"An exhilarating read! The combination of fiction and real-world data issues is brilliantly executed. I couldn't put it down!"
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"Such a fun book. Summer just got better with this one."