Hollywood homicide detective Petra Connor has helped psychologist Alex Delaware crack tough cases in the past. And in Jonathan Kellermanβs New York Times bestseller Billy Straight she took the lead in the desperate hunt for a teenage runaway stalked by a vengeful murderer. Now the complex and wryly
Twist: a novel
β Scribed by Dickens, Charles;Grass, Tom;Twist, Oliver
- Publisher
- Pegasus Books; Pegasus Crime
- Year
- 2021
- Tongue
- EN-US
- Weight
- 175 KB
- Edition
- First Pegasus Books cloth edition
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- England--London., London (England
- ISBN
- 1643136607
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β¦ Synopsis
Brimming with danger, love, and betrayal, Tom Grass's electrifying heist thriller is a gripping reimagining of Charles Dickens's classic Oliver Twist.
Eighteen-year-old Twist doesn't have much. No money, no home and no family. All he has is his reputation as one of the most daring street artists in London--whose unique skills are matched only by his infamous talent as an urban climber.
But when he finds himself on the run from the police, he knows that he could be about to lose the last thing he has left--his freedom. Until he is saved by the mysterious Dodge. When Dodge introduces him to con artist and "art collector" Cornelius Faginescu, Twist realizes that he finally has the chance to be part of something. All he has to do is put aside his moral objections and learn how to steal . . .
Twist is soon drawn deeper into the gang and, as his feelings for grow for the intriguing and dangerous "Red," he discovers she has a secret--they are no...
β¦ Subjects
England -- London
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