The Diamond Thief
No-one performs on the circus trapeze like 16-year-old Remy Brunel. But Remy also leads another life, prowling through the backstreets of Victorian London as a jewel thief. When she is forced to steal one of the world's most valuable diamonds, she uncovers a world of treachery and fiendish plots.
No-one performs on the circus trapeze like 16-year-old Remy Brunel. But Remy also leads another life, prowling through the backstreets of Victorian London as a jewel thief. When she is forced to steal one of the world's most valuable diamonds, she uncovers a world of treachery and fiendish plots.
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Format: Kindle Edition
ISBN:
9781630790103
ASIN: B00JEFFT08
Publish date: 2014-10-01
Publisher: Switch Press
Pages no: 336
Edition language: English
(I got a copy through NetGalley, in exchange for an honest review.)A fast read, and one of those books I wish I had liked more (Victorian London + circus + thief + mechanical inventions: what's not to like in there, really?), but also one that didn't convince me in the end, unfortunately.Things I li...
I got this ARC from Netgalley and this is my honest review of it. Remy Brunel is a trapeze artist but she also has a secret profession wich is not considered exactly respectable namely that of jewel thief,wich she steals on order from her master Gustave. Thaddeus Rec is our other viewpoint chara...