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The Art of Theft
469 pages
A glittering, high-stakes Victorian heist where clever women and their loyal allies infiltrate a festive chateau to steal back dangerous secrets.
What it feels like
Step into a glittering, fever-paced Victorian adventure where the thrill of a high-society heist meets the sharp intellect of a brilliant woman sleuth. The atmosphere is both festive and fraught, balancing the glamorous elegance of a Yuletide ball at a French chateau with the creeping dread of impending disaster. As a loyal circle of friends bands together to execute a daring theft, the narrative crackles with camaraderie and suspense. The prose captures the intricate social customs of the era while maintaining a propulsive momentum driven by hidden secrets and extortion. It is a delightful, tense experience perfect for readers who crave historical mysteries filled with clever deceptions, loyal companions, and the constant, thrilling threat of a single fatal mistake.
- Mood
- glittering
- festive
- tense
- elegant
- Tone
- witty
- suspenseful
- glamorous
- adventurous
- Pace
- propulsive
- Themes
- high-stakes deception · loyalty and friendship · hidden secrets · aristocratic society
- The writing
- Elegant and suspenseful, capturing the glittering facade of Victorian high society while maintaining a sharp, investigative edge.
- The arc
- Moves from the thrill of a collaborative, festive heist into a tense, high-stakes tightrope walk where a single mistake could spell disaster.
- Who it's for
- Readers who love clever women sleuths, glamorous historical settings, and the intricate mechanics of a high-society heist.
Content notes
- extortion
- threat of exposure
About the book
"As "Sherlock Holmes, consulting detective," Charlotte Holmes has solved murders and found missing individuals. But she has never stolen a priceless artwork--or rather, made away with the secrets hidden behind a much-coveted canvas. But Mrs. Watson is desperate to help her old friend recover those secrets and Charlotte finds herself involved in a fever-paced scheme to infiltrate a glamorous Yuletide ball where the painting is one handshake away from being sold and the secrets a bare breath from exposure. Her dear friend Lord Ingram, her sister Livia, Livia's admirer Stephen Marbleton--everyone pitches in to help and everyone has a grand time. But nothing about this adventure is what it seems and disaster is biding time on the grounds of a glittering French chateau, waiting only for Charlotte to make a single mistake."--
Description from Open Library.
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