Any Number Can Win

A career con artist reunites with his wife but has already planned his next move: one daring last heist that will set him up for life. However, there is no such thing as a foolproof plan. Charles, a criminal fresh out of jail, rejects his wife's plan for a quiet life of bourgeois respectability. He enlists a former cellmate, Francis, to assist him in pulling off one final score, a carefully planned assault on the vault of a Cannes casino. Bad luck and lack of professionalism set the caper maddeningly askew. —Michael Krugman <myriad@panix.com> After a five-year stint in jail for attempted robbery, career con artist Charles reunites with his wife. But the silver-haired ex-convict has already planned his next move: one daring last heist that will set him up for life. After all, a leopard never changes its spots. So, to end a lifetime of crime with a bang, Charles enlists the help of handsome petty thief Francis to rob the lavish Palm Beach Casino in summer Cannes. However, there's no such thing as a foolproof plan. With freedom at stake, is the mismatched team prepared to play it by the book? —Nick Riganas