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The Sacred Art of Stealing

By: Chris Brookmyre
Narrated by: Caroline Guthrie
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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....

©2002 Christopher Brookmyre (P)2015 W.F. Howes Ltd Crime Fiction Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Crime Banking

Critic Reviews

"A thriller, love story, social satire and a warning against taking absurdism too seriously." ( Time Out)
"Chris Brookmyre is a genius." ( Daily Mirror)
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Great story, and while the narrator's natural accent is wonderful, her American accents are terrible, they all sound the same, whether they are from Vegas or New England.

Love the book, hated the accents.

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I thoroughly enjoyed this. The story is great in several genres! It's cops, heist, and romance, doing justice to all three. I also enjoyed the reading. Hearing the accents of a story's people/places is one of the bonus advantages of books in audio, and I'm especially fond of a Scots dialogue. I'll be getting more from this author and this narrator.

Unusual and satisfying

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