Good Thieves

'An amazing adventure story, told with sparkling style and sleight of hand' JACQUELINE WILSON

Vita set her jaw, and nodded at New York City in greeting, as a boxer greets an opponent before a fight.

Fresh off the boat from England, Vita Marlowe has a job to do. Her beloved grandfather Jack has been cheated out of his home and possessions by a notorious conman with Mafia connections. Seeing Jack's spirit is broken, Vita is desperate to make him happy again, so she devises a plan to outwit his enemies and recover his home.

She finds a young pickpocket, working the streets of the city. And, nearby, two boys with highly unusual skills and secrets of their own are about to be pulled into her lawless, death-defying plan.

Katherine Rundell's fifth novel is a heist as never seen before - the story of a group of children who will do anything to right a wrong.


An amazing adventure story, told with sparkling style and sleight of hand (Jacqueline Wilson)

The Good Thieves is a story-telling spectacle - it glitters with adventure, family, friendship, and an irresistible sprinkling of impossibility (Catherine Doyle, author of The Storm Keeper's Island)

A new Katherine Rundell book is always an event, but this is another triumph and then some. A wickedly exciting heist with heart, I can but marvel at this new delight from one of my favourite storytellers ever (Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Girl of Ink & Stars)

Rundell is now unarguably in the first rank (Philip Pullman on THE EXPLORER)

Rundell is a class act (The Times)

One of our most talented writers for children (Observer)

I cannot imagine the child who wouldn't be delighted by it (Independent on THE EXPLORER)