The Good Thieves, Katherine Rundell
The Good Thieves, Katherine Rundell
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The Good Thieves

Author: Katherine Rundell

Narrator: Margaret Cabourn-Smith

Unabridged: 5 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 08/27/2019


Synopsis

'Vita set her jaw, and nodded at New York City in greeting, as a boxer greets an opponent before a fight.' Fresh off the boat from England, Vita Marlowe has a job to do. Her beloved grandfather Jack has been cheated out of his home and possessions by a notorious conman with Mafia connections. Seeing Jack's spirit is broken, Vita is desperate to make him happy again, so she devises a plan to outwit his enemies and recover his home. She finds a young pickpocket, working the streets of the city. And, nearby, two boys with highly unusual skills and secrets of their own are about to be pulled into her lawless, death-defying plan. Katherine Rundell's fifth novel is a heist as never seen before - the story of a group of children who will do anything to right a wrong.

About Katherine Rundell

Katherine Rundell is the author of Rooftoppers, Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms (a Boston Globe–Horn Book Award winner), The Wolf Wilder, The Explorer, The Good Thieves, and The Zebra’s Great Escape. She grew up in Zimbabwe, Brussels, and London, and is currently a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. She begins each day with a cartwheel and believes that reading is almost exactly the same as cartwheeling: it turns the world upside down and leaves you breathless. In her spare time, she enjoys walking on tightropes and trespassing on the rooftops of Oxford colleges.


Reviews

Goodreads review by karen

fulfilling my 2021 goal to read one book each month by an author i love that i haven’t gotten around to reading yet another PERFECT story by katherine rundell. i love her so much that i (almost) want to have a bunch of kids just so i can fill their tiny sticky hands with her books. like the best of h......more

Goodreads review by Amina

✰ 3.75 stars ✰ “She had to do something to make it right. She did not yet know what, nor how, but love has a way of leaving people no choice.” Brimming with youthful spirit, heartfelt friendships, and family triumph, The Good Thieves is an amazing adventure story set in the days of the dazzle of s......more