The Good Thieves

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Tristen Recommends: Vita and her mother travel from England to Prohibition NYC to take care of her ailing grandfather - bereaved at the death of his wife and the theft of the family castle by a conniving millionare. With the help of a pickpocket and two yound circus performers, Vita devises a plan to steal back her family home. 8+

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'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.