Three women share their experiences of having their lives turned upside down by con men

Best of the Festivals

At the Words on the Waves literary festival, Radio National’s Annika Blau talks to three women about their books:

• Stephanie Wood’s Fake, about a man she thought was a sheep farmer turns out to be anything.
• Jeanne Ryckmans' Trust, about a fraudster who fooled central banks, elite universities, major companies.
• Tracy Hall's The Last Victim, about the author's fling who she found out had spent the last three decades conning victims out of $70 million-plus dollars. Her podcast Who the hell is Hamish? covers the same story.