The Charming Predator

(Paperback)

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This is the true story of how Lee Mackenzie fell in love with and married a man who, unbeknown to her, was an impostor of outrageous audacity. A man everyone agreed was one of the most intelligent, charming, entertaining people they had ever met. Easy to like, easy to believe. Lee, like so many others before and after, did not see the dark side of Kenner Jones until it was too late. Decades later, he is still at large. He has been described - by the seasoned immigration officer who helped kick him out of the States - as 'the best conman I have ever encountered in my entire career.'

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National Bestseller

"Lee Mackenzie had brains, looks and talent. . . . So how could she fall for a con man who very nearly destroyed her and who managed to spread lies and misery across three continents For every time you've read a tale of the criminal's wife (Ruth Madoff, are you listening) and wondered 'How did she not know', this is your answer. . . .How he does it, how she got out of the trap and how he managed to slip out of Canada and spread his cons elsewhere make this true-crime book solid reading."The Globe and Mail

"This is the surprisingly well-documented story of [Mackenzie's] courtship and marriage, a brief union that cleaned out her bank account and brought the cops to her door. Jones comes across as a troubled man with a pathological need to deceive and betray, perhaps no one more than himself."Toronto Star

"This is no ordinary true-crime book. . . . It's a riveting memoir."The Chronicle Herald

Author Bio

LEE MACKENZIE was born in Ladysmith, on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. She spent 21 years as a broadcast journalist and news anchor- with CBC Television in Halifax, Nova Scotia; Windsor, Ontario; and Edmonton, Alberta; with CBC Radio in London, UK; and with CHEK television in Victoria, British Columbia. When she left journalism she and her husband Harv moved to Powell River, on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast. Lee is a member of the administrative staff at her local detachment of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and is a professional artist.