"Channeling Dickens, Belfoure designs a rollicking story... [and] a blueprint for great fun." - USA Today
"Mix yourself an Old Fashioned and settle in for trip back in time.
" - The New York Post
"entertaining" - The Seattle Times
"A captivating look at New York City in the late 1800s... the descriptions of the fashions, furniture and cultural norms are enthralling." - The Vancouver Sun
"Charles Belfoure sees New York's Gilded Age with an architect's eye and evokes the atmosphere wonderfully. Familiar figures like the legendary Mrs. Astor and Stanford White help set the scene, but in no time at all a sinistera splendid page-turner intrigue begins, and Belfoure leads us on as a respectable family discovers its criminal side in old New York." - Edward Rutherfurd, New York Times bestselling author of Paris: The Novel and New York: The Novel
"a page-turning suspense novel with both dastardly characters and charming ones, a fascinating setting, and a mesmerizing story." - The New York Journal of Books
"House of Thieves grabs you from the first lines and explosive opening pages, pulling you right into a time and place--just how our favorite historical novels always do." - Matthew Pearl, NYT bestselling author of The Dante Club, The Poe Shadow, and The Last Bookaneer
"Belfoure displays a brisk prose style, well-developed plot, and interesting architectural details... a roisterous, supremely entertaining adventure." - Booklist, STARRED Review
"Charles Belfoure stocks House of Thieves with authentic architectural and historical grace notes. Of course he does! But he never loses sight of the story, which rockets along at full-speed from one breathtaking scene to the next. I couldn't put House of Thieves down, I was so wrapped up in the plight of the reluctant hero, John Cross. And I wish I'd created the villain, James Kent, a man so evil I want to steal him for my own next book." - Alex Grecian, national bestselling author of The Yard and Harvest Man
"Belfoure offers a tantalizing glimpse of an historical New York and an insightful look at family dynamics. He also tells an over-the-top and inventive story full of twists, action, and menacing thieves. Fans of historical thrillers will be delighted." - The Missourian
"Charles Belfoure has written my favorite kind of novel. HOUSE OF THIEVES is the story of a family coming together in the most exceptional and peculiar way. Rich in mischief and populated by thieves and gamblers, gentry and rebels, it is as complex and ambitious as New York City itself. This is historical fiction at its best." - Ariel Lawhon, author of the THE WIFE, THE MAID, AND THE MISTRESS
"Belfoure's sly, roguish writing opens a window to those living both gilded and tarnished lives... Best of all, Belfoure holds together each and every thread of the novel, resulting in a most memorable, evocative read." - Publishers Weekly, STARRED Review
"Gangs of New York meets The Age of Innocence in House of Thieves. Charles Belfoure opens a (leaded-glass and arched) window on the upstairs-downstairs lives of New Yorkers at the end of the nineteenth century, as seen through the gimlet eye of architect, gentleman, and thief, John Cross. As Cross navigates the manners and mores of both the Astors of the Knickerbocker Club and the Kingpins of the Tenderloin, we root for him and for his extraordinary family as well." - Susan Elia Macneal, New York Times bestselling author of the Maggie Hope series
"A pulse-raising read." - Library Journal
"an entertaining excursion through Gilded Age New York" - Kirkus
"This is a page-turning novel... Lively period detail and its crime-caper feel make this an enjoyable read." - Historical Novel Society
"Stuffed with a bevy of Gilded Age particulars... HOUSE OF THIEVES not only tells an entertaining story but also delivers a gritty historic snapshot of New York City during its debauched heyday." - Bookreporter.com
Gangs of New York meets The Age of Innocence as a society architect in 1880s Manhattan is forced to join a gritty crime ring, by the author of the bestselling The Paris Architect. John Cross values little more than his flawless professional reputation and his family's status among the elite, but when Cross's oldest son, George, racks up an unfathomable gambling debt, Cross gets pulled into the seedy underbelly of the city in an attempt to save his family's reputation--and their lives. An architect by profession, Charles Belfoure has published several architectural histories, one of which won a Graham Foundation Grant for architectural research. He graduated from the Pratt Institute and Columbia University, and he taught at Pratt as well as at Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland. His area of specialty is historic preservation. He has been a freelance writer for The Baltimore Sun and The New York Times. He lives in Maryland. For more information, visit www.theparisarchitect.com. Charles Belfoure is the internationally bestselling author of The Paris Architect. An architect by profession, he has written several architectural histories and his area of specialty is historic preservation. He graduated from the Pratt Institute and Columbia University, and has been a freelance writer for the Baltimore Sun and The New York Times. He lives in Maryland. For more information, visit www.theparisarchitect.com.
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House of Thieves
Gangs of New York meets The Age of Innocence as a society architect in 1880s Manhattan is forced to join a gritty crime ring, by the author of the bestselling The Paris Architect. John Cross values little more than his flawless professional reputation and his family's status among the elite, but when Cross's oldest son, George, racks up an unfathomable gambling debt, Cross gets pulled into the seedy underbelly of the city in an attempt to save his family's reputation--and their lives. An architect by profession, Charles Belfoure has published several architectural histories, one of which won a Graham Foundation Grant for architectural research. He graduated from the Pratt Institute and Columbia University, and he taught at Pratt as well as at Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland. His area of specialty is historic preservation. He has been a freelance writer for The Baltimore Sun and The New York Times. He lives in Maryland. For more information, visit www.theparisarchitect.com. Charles Belfoure is the internationally bestselling author of The Paris Architect. An architect by profession, he has written several architectural histories and his area of specialty is historic preservation. He graduated from the Pratt Institute and Columbia University, and has been a freelance writer for the Baltimore Sun and The New York Times. He lives in Maryland. For more information, visit www.theparisarchitect.com.
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BN ID: | 2940170731855 |
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Publisher: | Recorded Books, LLC |
Publication date: | 09/15/2015 |
Edition description: | Unabridged |
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