One-time socialite Maud Warner polishes up the rags of her once glittering existence and bluffs her way into a signature New York restaurant on a sunny October day. When she shoots Sun Sunderland, the Pope of Finance, as he lunches with accountant to the stars Burt Sklar-the man she's accused for years of stealing her mother's fortune and leaving her family in ruins-she deals the first card in her high-stakes plan for revenge.Maud has grown accustomed to being underestimated and invisible, and uses it. Her fervent passion for poker has taught her that she can turn weakness into strength to take advantage of people who think they are taking advantage of her. It's uncanny how she reads them.Her intimates in New York high society believe that Mad Maud accidentally missed Sklar, her real target. But nothing is as it first appears as she weathers the unexpected while following her script....
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