SUMMARY: Mr. Hood's Holiday House has stood for a thousand years, welcoming countless children into its embrace. It is a place of miracles, a blissful rounds of treats and seasons, where every childhood whim may be satisfied...There is a price to be paid, of course, but young Harvey Swick, bored wit
Always a Thief
โ Scribed by Kay Hooper
- Publisher
- Bantam Books;Random House Publishing Group
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 143 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0553585681
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โฆ Synopsis
In a deadly game of skill and deception...A master thief is just the first wild cardThe priceless, rarely displayed Bannister collection is about to be exhibitedand the shows director, Morgan West, cant ignore her growing uneasiness. Shes certain she hasnt seen the last of the infamous cat burglar Quinn. But she never expected him to turn up at her apartment one dark night in desperate need of her helphelp she cant refuse. The mysterious master thief is playing a dangerous game, and its a game that just might get him killed.With Morgans help, Quinn sets a trap intended to catch someone far more elusiveand more deadlythan a thief. But an unseen threat shadows him in the fog-shrouded San Francisco night, an unknown adversary more cunning than any he has yet encountered. Now, just when the stakes are higher than even Quinn can imagine, no one can be trustedand everythings at risk.
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