Thieves' Gambit

Ross or Rosalyn Quest is a member of a notorious family of thieves, the Quests. Ross is beginning to realise at seventeen that her life is a very unusual one and she craves a bit of what we would regard as normal. Her mother has always said not to trust anyone who isn’t a Quest.

Ross secretly plans to enrol in a gymnastics summer camp. First, she must complete one last thieving job with her mother, which is supposed to be easy money and simple. Needless to say, the job goes wrong, and Ross’s mother is kidnapped. The kidnappers demand one billion dollars in a month or Ross’s mother dies.

Ross decides to answer an email from a secretive group called The Organisers who have invited her to play the thieves gambit, her prize if she wins, is a wish and a year’s contract to work for the organisation. Ross decides she must play to get her mother’s release money. Can she beat the devilishly difficult gambit and all the other competitors and what will she learn about herself and her family?

This is a rare premise and it results in a page-turning, unputdownable thriller, the denouement of which no reader will be expecting. If you have ever wanted to try to understand the inner workings of a criminal mind, this intriguing book is for you.