Bestselling author Janet Evanovich teams up with Lee Goldberg to kick off their hot new series with THE HEIST. The plot echoes USA's popular television series White Collar, but the story has a sensibility and sense of humor that is classic Evanovich.
Kate O'Hare is a tough FBI agent whose life centers around her job. Nicholas Fox is an international thief and con artist who excels at pulling off unbelievable heists and tormenting the FBI agents pursuing him, especially Kate. When Nick is caught by the FBI, he persuades them to let him work for them instead of serving a jail sentence. He and Kate are working off the books to bring criminals to justice out of the bounds of the law.
Their first case together is to find Derek Griffin and the $500 million he stole in a pyramid scheme before he went into hiding in Indonesia. Nick immediately goes to work doing what he does bestโassembling a team and plotting a con. Nick and Kate bring together a ragtag team to help them pull it off in Nick's usual over-the-top way.
Kate and Nick's interactions are flirty and funny. With an entertaining cast of secondary characters, there is plenty of room for the Fox and O'Hare series to continue. You can almost see a television adaptation as you read each page. Filled with chases, explosions, and unbelievable cons, this story is action-packed. The humor that readers have come to expect from Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series gets fresh energy in this new heroine and series. THE HEIST is the perfect companion for your beach trip this summer.
FBI Special Agent Kate O’Hare is known for her fierce dedication and discipline on the job, chasing down the world’s most wanted criminals and putting them behind bars. Her boss thinks she is tenacious and ambitious; her friends think she is tough, stubborn, and maybe even a bit obsessed. And while Kate has made quite a name for herself for the past five years the only name she’s cared about is Nicolas Fox—an international crook she wants in more ways than one. Audacious, handsome, and dangerously charming, Nicolas Fox is a natural con man, notorious for running elaborate scams on very high-profile people. At first he did it for the money. Now he does it for the thrill. He knows that the FBI has been hot on his trail—particularly Kate O’Hare, who has been watching his every move. For Nick, there’s no greater rush than being pursued by a beautiful woman . . . even one who aims to lock him up. But just when it seems that Nicolas Fox has been captured for good, he pulls off his greatest con of all: He convinces the FBI to offer him a job, working side by side with Special Agent Kate O’Hare. Problem is, teaming up to stop a corrupt investment banker who’s hiding on a private island in Indonesia is going to test O’Hare’s patience and Fox’s skill. Not to mention the skills of their ragtag team made up of flamboyant actors, wanted wheelmen, and Kate’s dad. High-speed chases, pirates, and Toblerone bars are all in a day’s work . . . if O’Hare and Fox don’t kill each other first.
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