An Artful Dodge

ISBN: 164129762X

Author: Odden, Karen

Condition: New

Victorian London comes to vivid life in this riveting heist novel about an all-female thieving gang and one young womans heroic plan to escape a life of crime, from the USA Today bestselling author of Down a Dark River.Shes stolen gems, purses, and hearts-but can she steal her life back from the ring of thieves thats claimed it?London, 1879: Twenty-year-old Kit Jimeson has fingers so nimble she can nick a necklace off a lady in a crowded theater without raising alarm. Kit and her dodge partner, Mary, are the highest earners in the notorious all-women thieving ring in South Londons Elephant and Castle district.Kit, whose mother had been a thief before her, dreams of a different life, one where shes not constantly on the lookout for constables and plainclothes detectives, and where a mistake or pure bad luck wont land her in the hangmans noose. She has been saving her earnings so her younger sister, a maid for a wealthy Mayfair family, might have a shot at respectability.Kit is very close to leaving the life entirely when the legendary former thief Maggie OConnell brings her plans to a halt. Beautiful, charismatic Maggie has returned to reclaim leadership of the ring after twenty years in a brutal Australian penal colony. But Maggie desires more than mere wealth or power: She longs for revenge against those who sent her away. Kit, with her quick mind and dangerously clever hands, is Maggies best weapon. If Kit wants to walk away with her life, she must carry out a heist that will demand every skill she possesses.