Uptown Thief

Uptown Thief takes you on a wild ride, but not through the countryside you're expecting, and that's what makes it great. Marisol is a former sex worker who runs a free clinic for sex workers in Manhattan. But the economy is tight and it's squeezing her fundraising, so she also runs an escort service......more

Probably really 3.25 stars since the writing was only okay, but this has so many things going for it - former sex worker sets up women's health clinic for sex workers and other underserved populations, and then spends the whole book hustling (i.e., running heists on asshole millionaires) to make up......more

A fellow Rioter had recommended this and I’m so glad he did. This is a mashup crime novel and romance. It isn’t a puzzle mystery type book, instead you follow criminals. But not your everyday criminals, these are women who are running a women’s health clinic in NY for underprivileged women. But you......more

Enjoyed the feminist premise and the Lower East Side setting. I've seen that neighborhood gentrify and was glad to hear about it through these voices. The read would have been even more fun if the writing were a little less clunky and characters weren't reduced to their body types.......more

I want a million more books with positive sex work representation, please and thank you! This book has a badass POC businesswomen who uses a side business as the Madam of a rad escort agency to fund her clinic serving sex workers and other marginalized women- oh yeah, and also she and her team also p......more