780 1a46c5ce-5b6c-4494-af94-da6bc4437e8b The Sacred Art of Stealing Christopher Brookmyre calibre (2.82.0) [https://calibre-ebook.com] 2003-09-03T12:00:00+00:00 <div><p>Their eyes met across a crowded room. She was just a poor servant girl and he was the son of a rich industrialist. Er, no, this is a Christopher Brookmyre novel, although the eyes meeting across a crowded room part is true. Where it differs from the fairy tales is that the room in question was crowded with hostages and armed bank-robbers, and his eyes were the only part of him she could see behind the mask. He is an art-thief par excellence and she is a connoisseur of crooks. Her job is to hunt him to extinction; his is to avoid being caught and he also has a secret agenda more valuable than anything he might steal. There are risks he can take without jeopardising his plans. He can afford to play cat-and-mouse with the female cop who's on his tail; it might even arguably be necessary. What he can't afford is to let her get too close: he could could end up in jail or, even more scary, he could end up in love ...</p> <p>**</p></div> ABACUS 0349114900 9780349114903 RVR6nuKrxjkC ca6d089b-aa33-498a-8b30-24131de04354 eng Fiction Crime Mystery & Detective General