The Liar's Playbook: A Memoir of Family and Crime by Bradford-Scott, Leslie
The Liar's Playbook: A Memoir of Family and Crime by Bradford-Scott, Leslie

The Liar's Playbook: A Memoir of Family and Crime

The remarkable, true story of an unusual childhood, complete with gangsters, guns, diamonds, drug smuggling, and fraud--just...
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Author: Leslie Bradford-Scott
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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The Liar's Playbook: A Memoir of Family and Crime by Bradford-Scott, Leslie

The Liar's Playbook: A Memoir of Family and Crime

$23.98
The Liar's Playbook: A Memoir of Family and Crime by Bradford-Scott, Leslie

The Liar's Playbook: A Memoir of Family and Crime

$23.98
Author: Leslie Bradford-Scott
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
The remarkable, true story of an unusual childhood, complete with gangsters, guns, diamonds, drug smuggling, and fraud--just like any other little girl's life.

At twelve years old, Leslie Bradford-Scott watched police cars swarm her family's suburban home in Ontario. Hours later, she, her mom, and her grandmother were fleeing across the border into Florida with no explanation and no questions allowed. In an instant, her idyllic childhood turned into a maelstrom of grift, guns, and tragedy.

Decades later, Leslie's mother handed her a blue binder--her father's secret prison manuscript dubbed the Liar's Playbook. Inside was a confession to trafficking goods, running arms, and playing both sides between international intelligence and the mafia. For most of her life, Leslie believed her father was a drug dealer with delusions of grandeur. Instead, she discovered a shadow world of espionage, organized crime, and explosive family secrets, including her father's claim that he smuggled jewels to fund CIA-backed operations for the Contras. Her investigation leads to Hamilton's violent "Bomb City" era, where mobsters like the Musitanos settled scores with dynamite, and some of the blood trails lead straight to her family.

Part true-crime thriller, part intimate memoir, The Liar's Playbook tracks a daughter's search for truth through unreliable memories, corrupt intelligence agents, and the long echo of her father's double life. As she pieces together what really happened, Leslie must ask the one question that still haunts her: Can you forgive someone whose actions nearly destroyed you?

Author: Leslie Bradford-Scott
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 05/26/2026
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 9.01h x 6.04w x 0.98d
ISBN: 9781668069394


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 04/06/2026
Kirkus Reviews 05/01/2026
Booklist 05/01/2026

About the Author
Leslie Bradford-Scott is an award-winning writer, entrepreneur, and podcaster, and the founder of WaltonWoodFarm.com. She grew up in Grimsby, Ontario, and Florida.
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