Only When I Laugh — Len Deighton

The year is 1968.
The place is New York.
Three virtuoso con artists are at work.

Silas is the leader, Bob is the young apprentice, and Liz, Silas' mistress, is in between. On Manhattan's Upper East Side, they pull off a "business deal" worth millions, utilizing their amazing talents for impersonation and dialect.

But back in London, Silas' plan to bilk an emerging -and mineral-rich-African nation misfires. Then Bob decides that it's time for him to take over the operation-and take over Liz at the same time.

A bank in Lebanon is their next target, and in the execution of the new caper each member of this brilliant trio gets what he or she deserves-each with a twist of lemon.