The Sacred Art Of Stealing by Christopher Brookmyre
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 ...
Chris Brookmyre is a genius * Daily Mirror *
A thriller, love story, social satire and a warning against taking absurdism too seriously * Time Out *
Brookmyre has no equal * Maxim *
Exhilarating linguistic fluency and keenly subversive intelligence * Scotland on Sunday *
A thriller, love story, social satire and a warning against taking absurdism too seriously. * TIME OUT *
Chris Brookmyre is a genius. * DAILY MIRROR *
Brookmyre has no equal. * MAXIM *
Exhilarating linguistic fluency and keenly subversive intelligence * SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY *
A thriller, love story, social satire and a warning against taking absurdism too seriously * Time Out *
Brookmyre has no equal * Maxim *
Exhilarating linguistic fluency and keenly subversive intelligence * Scotland on Sunday *
A thriller, love story, social satire and a warning against taking absurdism too seriously. * TIME OUT *
Chris Brookmyre is a genius. * DAILY MIRROR *
Brookmyre has no equal. * MAXIM *
Exhilarating linguistic fluency and keenly subversive intelligence * SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY *
Chris Brookmyre was a journalist before becoming a full time novelist with the publication of QUITE UGLY ONE MORNING. Since the publication of A BIG BOY DID IT AND RAN AWAY he and his family decided to move away from Aberdeen and now live near Glasgow. Oh, yes.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780349114903 |
| ISBN 10 | 0349114900 |
| Title | The Sacred Art Of Stealing |
| Author | Christopher Brookmyre |
| Series | Angelique De Xavier |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2003-09-04 |
| Number of pages | 416 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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