Queen of Diamonds: A Novel (Queen of Thieves, 3)

ISBN: 0063342758

Author: Marsh, Beezy

Condition: New

Peaky Blinders-but with women! In the thrilling final installment of Beezy Marshs riveting crime trilogy about a real-life London gang that began with Queen of Thieves, we go back to crime queen Alice Diamonds bold beginnings in 1920s Soho.London, 1922. Orphan girl Alice dreams of more than toiling long hours in Pinks jam factory. Inspired by stories about the legendary Queen of Thieves, Mary Carr, who terrorized the streets of Victorian London, Alice decides to set up her own gang: the Forty Thieves. She has an accomplice too: sly seamstress Kate Felix from Whitechapel persuades Alice theyd make the perfect team. Before long, the pair are making headlines in the glitzy world of 1920s Soho, known for their daring heists and for the row of heavy diamond rings that Alice uses like brass knuckles in her frequent brawls.What Alice soon discovers is that a life of crime makes her powerful enemies, including some who are closer to home than theyd like. Alice must sacrifice more than she ever imagined-but the toughest and most beautiful diamonds are formed under pressure.From squalid slums and the grim confines of Holloway Prison to the glittering nightclubs of London in the roaring twenties, Queen of Diamonds is a fast-paced, gritty story of love, loss, and loyalty to the gang. Womens fiction with brass knuckles on!