A01=Jim Philips
Author_Jim Philips
business fraud true story
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con artist memoir
corporate fraud memoir
dark humour memoir
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fake identities true story
forthcoming
gaslighting and deception
investigative memoir
memoir of deception
psychological manipulation
psychopath behaviour
real life psychological thriller
scam psychology
toxic friendship memoir
true crime memoir
trust and betrayal
workplace betrayal
Product details
- ISBN 9781806770076
- Dimensions: 135 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 02 Jul 2026
- Publisher: Wilton Square Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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What if your best friend turned out to be a master of deception?
In 2005, Jim Phillips co-founded a marketing company with an old friend. Business boomed, contracts poured in and their client list expanded to include high-profile international brands. But as his partner’s behaviour became increasingly erratic, Jim began to wonder: did he really know the man he had built his business with? Then, in 2013, everything fell apart when he found himself in front of a judge at the Old Bailey, trapped in a living nightmare. From impersonating bank officials and a Chinese government minister to fabricating multi-million-pound contracts and feigning cancer, his business partner had orchestrated an elaborate con with devastating consequences. In this raw and unflinching cautionary tale, Phillips unravels a mind-boggling web of lies and offers a blow-by-blow account of how he uncovered the shocking truth about a man he once trusted.Jim Phillips has spent thirty-five years working in advertising, TV and sports marketing: in other words, getting paid to travel round the world watching sport. He has written for the Daily Mirror and the Daily Mail and has just finished scripts for an animated cartoon which is currently in development, and is best described as South Park meets The Sopranos. 108 Psychopaths and Me is his first book. He lives in London, UK.
