The Good Thief's Guide to
Amsterdam (Good Thief's Guide #1)
by Chris Ewan
Charlie Howard travels the
globe writing suspense novels for a living, about an intrepid burglar named
Faulks.To supplement his income---and to keep his hand in---Charlie also has a
small side business: stealing for a very discreet clientele on commission.
When a mysterious American
offers to pay Charlie 20,000 euros if he steals two small monkey figurines to
match the one he already has, Charlie is suspicious; he doesn't know how the
American found him, and the job seems too good to be true. And, of course, it
is. Although the burglary goes off without a hitch, when he goes to deliver the
monkeys he finds that the American has been beaten to near-death, and that the
third figurine is missing.
Back in London, his
long-suffering literary agent, Victoria (who is naive enough to believe he
actually looks like his jacket photo), tries to talk him through the plot
problems in both his latest manuscript and his real life---but Charlie soon
finds himself caught up in a caper reminiscent of a Cary Grant movie, involving
safe-deposit boxes, menacing characters, and, of course, a beautiful damsel in
distress.
The Good Thief's Guide to
Paris (Good Thief's Guide #2)
by Chris Ewan
The moment I’d scanned the
outside of the building, I turned to Bruno and said, “First impressions, it
looks straightforward.” Looking back, I can’t help but wonder what I was
thinking. I mean, put that line at the opening of a crime novel and it’s
practically a guarantee that everything is about to get complicated.
Charlie
Howard—globe-trotting mystery writer, professional thief, and poor decision
maker—is in Paris. Flush with the success of his latest book reading, not to
mention a few too many glasses of wine, Charlie agrees to show a complete
novice how to break into an apartment in the Marais. Fast-forward twenty-four
hours and Charlie’s hired to steal an ordinary-looking oil painting—from the exact
same address.
Mere coincidence? Charlie
figures there’s no harm in finding out—until a dead body turns up in his living
room and he finds himself evading the law while becoming caught up in a quite
outrageous heist. And that’s before Charlie’s literary agent, Victoria (who’s
naive enough to assume that he looks like his author photo), finally decides
they should meet face-to-face.
Nobody ever said a life of
suspense was easy, but Charlie, the most disarmingly charming burglar since
Cary Grant, soon finds things are getting way out of control.
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