![]() ![]() ![]() So it was that she alone had the first sight of the city. ![]() Vita had slipped away and stood out in the open, gripping the rail with both hands as the boat crested a wave the size of an opera house. The sea was wild and stormy, casting salt spray thirty feet into the air, and all the other passengers on the ocean liner, including her mother, had taken sensible refuge in their cabins.īut it is not always sensible to be sensible. Vita set her jaw and nodded at the city in greeting, as a boxer greets an opponent before a fight. It’s just dazzling! I adore fierce, vibrant Vita, and the plot is SO compelling’ ‘Katherine Rundell’s writing is always beautiful, but The Good Thieves hits a whole new level for me. Stolen castles, daring heists, prohibition, pickpockets, animal adventure, the circus, a truly terrifying villain, and four of the best protagonists I’ve ever encountered. ‘The Good Thieves is a storytelling spectacle – it glitters with adventure, family, friendship, and an irresistible sprinkling of impossibility’ ‘I love the way Katherine puts Impossible on hold while she tells her wild, warm, shimmering stories’ A wickedly exciting heist with heart, I can but marvel at this new delight from one of my favourite storytellers ever’ ![]() ‘A new Katherine Rundell book is always an event, but this is another triumph and then some. ‘An amazing adventure story, told with sparkling style and sleight of hand’ ![]()
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