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02994aim a22004095a 4500 001 51908AF0940511EE938C1F5A49ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231206010040 006 m o h 007 sz zunnnnnuned 007 cr nnannnuuuua 008 230714s2023 xxunnn es f n eng d 020 $a 0063234866 020 $a 9780063234864 028 42 $a MWT16047216 040 $a Midwest $e rda $d SILO 082 04 $a 823/.92 $2 23/eng/20230110 100 1 $a Marsh, Beezy, $e author. 245 10 $a Queen of Thieves : $b A Novel $h [electronic resource] / $c Beezy Marsh. 250 $a Unabridged. 264 1 $a [United States] : $b HarperAudio, $c 2023. 300 $a 1 online resource (1 audio file (9hr., 50 min.)) : $b digital. 506 $a Digital content provided by hoopla. 511 0 $a Read by Rachel Atkins. 520 $a An electrifying historical adventure about a ring of bold and resourceful women thieves in post-World War II London. Gangland was a man's world. Or so they thought. The women knew different. London, 1946. The city struggles to rebuild itself after the devastation of the Blitz. Food is rationed, good jobs are scarce, and even the most honest families are forced to take a bit of "crooked" just to survive. Alice Diamond, the Queen of Thieves, rules over her all-female gang with a bejeweled fist. Her "hoisters" are expert shoplifters, the scourge of London's upscale boutiques and departments stores. Their lucrative business stealing and fencing luxury goods always carries the threat of violence; Alice packs a razor, and has been known to use her heavy rows of diamond rings like brass knuckles. Young Nell is a teenager from the slums, hiding a secret pregnancy and facing a desperately uncertain future when Alice takes her under her wing. Before long, Nell is experiencing all the dangers-and glamourous trappings-that comes with this underworld existence. Alice wants Nell to be a useful weapon in her ongoing war against crime boss Billy Sullivan's gang of rival thieves. But Nell has a hidden agenda of her own, and is not to be underestimated. The more she is manipulated by both Alice and Billy, the more her hunger for revenge grows. As Nell embraces the rich spoils of crime and the seedy underbelly of London, will she manage to carve out her own path to power and riches? Might she even crown herself the Queen of Thieves? 538 $a Mode of access: World Wide Web. 650 0 $a Gangs $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Nineteen forties $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Revenge $v Fiction. 651 0 $a London (England) $v Fiction. 700 1 $a Atkins, Rachel, $e narrator. 710 2 $a hoopla digital. 856 40 $u https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/15011896?utm_source=MARC $z Instantly available on hoopla. 856 42 $z Cover image $u https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/hpc_9780063234864_180.jpeg 941 $a 1 952 $l GFPE771 $d 20231206013357.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=51908AF0940511EE938C1F5A49ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search