The good thieves

A girl teams up with a group of boys to get revenge on a conman with mafia connections who cheated her grandfather out of everything he owned.

Vita Marlowe has a mission. Her beloved grandfather, Jack, has been cheated out of everything he owns by a notorious conman with Mafia connections.

Seeing Jack's spirit is broken, Vita is desperate to make him happy again, so she devises a plan to outwit his enemies and recover his home. She finds a young pickpocket, working the streets of the city. And, nearby, two boys with highly unusual skills and secrets of their own are about to be pulled into her lawless, death-defying plan.

NOTE : Adult characters are sometimes very drunk and the children meet in a speakeasy, the book being set in Prohibition New York.

NOTE : Shortlisted for the British Book Awards 2020
NOTE: UKLA Book Awards 2021 - Longlist

• Shortlisted - British Book Awards - Children's Fiction 2020
• Shortlisted - Books Are My Bag Reader Awards (Children's Fiction) 2019

Adult characters are sometimes very drunk and the children meet in a speakeasy, the book being set in Prohibition New York.