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Published Aug 2013
336 pages
Genre: Thrillers
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You can't keep a good thief down ... Charlie Howard is back and robbing the city of Berlin blind, until he witnesses a murder being committed right before his eyes.
Charlie Howard, part-time writer, part-time thief, has been engaged in a veritable spree of larceny and misappropriation since moving to Berlin, Germany. He's supposed to be working on his next novel. But high rent and a love for thrill-seeking has been hard on his word count.
But Charlie's larcenous binge is interrupted by the call to duty - on behalf of Her Majesty's Government. Four embassy employees are suspected of stealing a sensitive item. Charlie is to break into their homes, find the culprit and recover the stolen property. But there's a catch. The item is so sensitive, Charlie isn't told what he's looking for. Not its size, not its weight, nothing. He's only told that he'll recognize it when he sees it.
Charlie has been a successful thief because he follows his own rules, the first being "Don't get caught." Well, after he enters the first suspect's home, he has to add a new rule: "Don't admire the view." As Charlie stares across the street, he sees something he really wishes he hadn't - a woman being murdered. And that's just for starters. What follows is a wild adventure in the former cauldron of spies.
"Starred Review. Ewan perfectly blends tension and humor in a neatly constructed plot." - Publishers Weekly
"As usual, Ewan keeps the action and the humor cantering along at a comfortably swift pace, but this time there's a startling finale that will have fans craving more. For everyone who misses Lawrence Block's equally "good" and amusing thief Bernie Rhodenbarr, Charlie is the ideal stand-in." - Booklist
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Chris Ewan, who lives on the Isle of Man, was voted one of America's favorite British authors in a Huffington Post poll. He is the author of the stand-alone thriller, Safe House, which was named by The Telegraph as one of the top ten crime novels to take on vacation, and the Good Thief mystery series. The first in the series, The Good Thief's Guide to Amsterdam, was named one of the "best books for grownups" by Publishers Weekly and AARP The Magazine, and one of the best thrillers of the year by the London Times.
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