The Sacred Art of Stealing
by Christopher Brookmyre | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0349114900 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0349114900 Global Overview for this book
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Journal Entry 1 by LittleMoo from Loughborough, Leicestershire United Kingdom on Saturday, June 28, 2008
Synopsis
Their eyes met across a crowded room. She was just a poor servant girl and he was the son of a rich industrialist. Er, no, this is a Christopher Brookmyre novel, although the eyes meeting across a crowded room part is true. Where it differs from the fairy tales is that the room in question was crowded with hostages and armed bank-robbers, and his eyes were the only part of him she could see behind the mask. He is an art-thief par excellence and she is a connoisseur of crooks. Her job is to hunt him to extinction; his is to avoid being caught and he also has a secret agenda more valuable than anything he might steal. There are risks he can take without jeopardising his plans. He can afford to play cat-and-mouse with the female cop who's on his tail; it might even arguably be necessary. What he can't afford is to let her get too close: he could could end up in jail or, even more scary, he could end up in love ...
Their eyes met across a crowded room. She was just a poor servant girl and he was the son of a rich industrialist. Er, no, this is a Christopher Brookmyre novel, although the eyes meeting across a crowded room part is true. Where it differs from the fairy tales is that the room in question was crowded with hostages and armed bank-robbers, and his eyes were the only part of him she could see behind the mask. He is an art-thief par excellence and she is a connoisseur of crooks. Her job is to hunt him to extinction; his is to avoid being caught and he also has a secret agenda more valuable than anything he might steal. There are risks he can take without jeopardising his plans. He can afford to play cat-and-mouse with the female cop who's on his tail; it might even arguably be necessary. What he can't afford is to let her get too close: he could could end up in jail or, even more scary, he could end up in love ...
Journal Entry 2 by LittleMoo at Exchange/Trade, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases on Monday, February 27, 2012
Released 12 yrs ago (2/27/2012 UTC) at Exchange/Trade, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases
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Sending to chocdrop as a RABCK. Sorry for delay :)
Thank you so much, LittleMoo, for sending me one of my wishlist books.