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The Sacred Art of Stealing

Christopher Brookmyre

This is a highly entertaining crime novel written in Brookmyre’s usual acerbic style.
The lead character in this novel in Angelique da Xavia, an officer in Strathclyde Police, who featured prominently in Brookmyre’s Last Novel “A Big Boy Did It And Ran Away”.
The best bit was the audacious Bank robbery near the start of the novel. Not as good as “A Big Boy…” as it ran out of steam towards the end with some over telegraphed twists, but well worth reading.