'Characterful page-turning drama and a vivid mixture of research and imagination' - The Sunday
TimesA gripping tale of a group of larger-than-life con artists who roam the streets of
eighteenth-century London.Cato Hopkins is the youngest member of Mother Hopkins's 'family' - a
group of skilled fraudsters and pickpockets. There's Addy who can become a very convincing boy
when she needs to the beautiful Bella who can charm any rich young man out of his fortune
Sam an escaped slave and Cato himself a young boy who Mother Hopkins has taught everything
she knows.But old age is slowing Mother Hopkins down and she wants to carry out one last con
a con to outdo all the cons that have gone before. And so the gang set about bringing ruin upon
Captain Walker a proud and cruel slave captain who deserves to be taught a lesson or two .
