The Good Thief's Guide to Amsterdam The Good Thief's Guide to Amsterdam
Book 1 - Good Thief's Guide

The Good Thief's Guide to Amsterdam

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Publisher Description

Charlie Howard travels the globe writing suspense novels for a living, about an intrepid burglar named Faulks. To supplement his income---and to keep his hand in---Charlie also has a small side business: stealing for a very discreet clientele on commission.

When a mysterious American offers to pay Charlie 20,000 euros if he steals two small monkey figurines to match the one he already has, Charlie is suspicious; he doesn't know how the American found him, and the job seems too good to be true. And, of course, it is. Although the burglary goes off without a hitch, when he goes to deliver the monkeys he finds that the American has been beaten to near-death, and that the third figurine is missing.

Back in London, his long-suffering literary agent, Victoria (who is naive enough to believe he actually looks like his jacket photo), tries to talk him through the plot problems in both his latest manuscript and his real life---but Charlie soon finds himself caught up in a caper reminiscent of a Cary Grant movie, involving safe-deposit boxes, menacing characters, and, of course, a beautiful damsel in distress.

Publishers Weekly called Chris Ewan's The Good Thief's Guide to Amsterdam one of the "best books for grownups."

GENRE
Mysteries & Thrillers
RELEASED
2007
November 13
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
240
Pages
PUBLISHER
St. Martin's Publishing Group
SELLER
Macmillan
SIZE
801.9
KB

Customer Reviews

DrinkBot ,

Not recommended

The narrative is interesting until the big reveal which, I kid you not, is just an arranged meeting of all the characters at the end where the protagonist explains the entire story. Very disappointing.

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