TO MAKE A HERO: Leland Hale, Galactic Conman Series

Leland Hale, Galactic Conman #1

by Randall Garrett

Fraud? Larceny? Murder? All in a days work
to Leland Hale—the savior of Cardigan's Green!
[Transcriber's This text was produced from
Infinity October 1957.
Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]

47 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

Randall Garrett's full name was Gordon Randall Phillip David Garrett. For more information about him see https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?239

He was married to Vicki Ann Heydron

His pseudonyms include: Gordon Randall Garrett, Gordon Aghill, Grandal Barretton, Alexander Blade, Ralph Burke, Gordon Garrett, David Gordon, Richard Greer, Ivar Jorgenson, Darrel T. Langart, Blake MacKenzie, Jonathan Blake MacKenzie, Seaton Mckettrig, Clyde (T.) Mitchell, Mark Phillips (with Laurence Janifer), Robert Randall, Leonard G. Spencer, S.M. Tenneshaw, Gerald Vance.

Reviews

[Joanna · Rating 2 out of 5]

Too American. To compare to TV: I prefer Hustle to Leverage. The key difference: the British crew does not need a "muscle man". As for the book (more likely a short story or a novelette) – Leland Hale has no problem with killing someone which puts him few steps lower then Stainless Steel Rat...