{"product_id":"books-the-sacred-art-of-stealing-by-christopher-brookmyre","title":"The Sacred Art Of Stealing","description":"The second book in the Angelique De Xavier series, from author Christopher Brookmyre.  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 ...","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53480605548817,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780349114903.jpg?v=1777549925","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/books-the-sacred-art-of-stealing-by-christopher-brookmyre","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}