Minotaur Books
November 2007
On Sale: November 13, 2007
Featuring: Charlie Howard
240 pages ISBN: 0312376332 EAN: 9780312376338 Hardcover Add to Wish List
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.
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