Fingersmith

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From the author of the New York Times Notable Book Tipping the Velvet and the award-winning Affinity comes a spellbinding tale of swindles, fortunes, and hearts set in Victorian London among a family of thieves. Sue Trinder, an orphan raised by Mrs. Sucksby, a "baby farmer," grows up in a household that also shelters a transient family of petty thieves. One day, the charming con man Gentleman arrives with a tempting proposition for Sue: if she becomes the maid to the naïve gentlewoman Maud Lilly and helps Gentleman seduce her, they will share in Maud's vast inheritance. The plan involves leaving Maud to spend her days in a mental hospital once the inheritance is secured. Eager to repay her adopted family's kindness, Sue agrees. However, as she gets to know Maud, she begins to feel compassion for her helpless mark, complicating the scheme. In this Dickensian novel filled with unexpected twists, nothing is as it seems. The New York Times Book Review has praised the author for her "consummate skill," while The Seattle Times lauds her work as "gripping, astute fiction that feeds the mind and the senses." This novel marks a significant leap in the author’s already brilliant career.