****A high-octane novel featuring a charismatic thief forced to pull off one last spectacular caper in order to save his family. For Fans of Ruth Ware and Robert Crais.**** When Alex and Diane meet, there are instant, undeniable sparks. Both are single parents living in wealthy suburbia: indepe
Love and Theft
β Scribed by Stan Parish
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Year
- 2020
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 149 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0571356397
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β¦ Synopsis
'A dark jewel, polished and precision-cut ... Love and Theft pays tribute to classic capers - and rivals the best of them for verve and ingenuity. A breathless adventure both starry-eyed and cool-blooded, both charming and diabolical.' A. J. Finn , author of the #1 bestseller The Woman in the Window
What price would you put on a second chance?
When Alex Cassidy and Diane Alison meet by chance at a party in Princeton, New Jersey, there are instant sparks. Both are single parents living in wealthy suburbia, independent, highly competent and seemingly settled in their lives. She runs a successful catering business. He's part of a crew that robs banks, casinos and jewellery stores around the world. Neither realises initially that their lives have overlapped before, or that their shared history and burgeoning relationship will come to threaten everything they love. As Alex prepares for one final, daunting job, he discovers that he's not the...
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