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Well isn't this a tease and a half, as soon as you think you know what's going on Waters throws an epic curve that doesn't just twist you around it does it at speed too. I shan't say too much more about the story as it will just spoil it but Waters has weaved a superb tale with vivid and engrossing characters that feel like they're jumping right off the streets of London. Added to this her ability to pack a lot of detail in without confusing or losing the reader, this is a story that grabs you a
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Two young women in Victorian England. One born to a wealthy family, the other to a low-life criminal. One brought up in a lunatic asylum, the other in a thieves kitchen. One brought up in the world of books, the other illiterate. One living a sheltered life in a grand house in rural Buckinghamshire, the other streetwise and well-versed in the arts of thievery. Throw in an amoral con artist and a manipulative matriarch straight out of Dickens. Draw your own conclusions from that lot. Without read
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A good rollicking read - twists and turns that you don't see coming and that sent my head spinning with trying to work out what was going on and what might follow.
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