Fingersmith

ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES 50 BEST THRILLERS OF THE 21ST CENTURY An absolute ripper of a tale. . .not just a twisty Gothic melodrama but a proto-feminist swashbuckler, brimming with queer eroticism and adventure. --The New York Times Superb storytelling ... so suspenseful and twisting is the plot that for the last 250 pages, I read at breakneck speed. --USA Today Deliciously brazen...a smart and seductive enchantment. --Los Angeles Times>One day, the most beloved thief of all arrives--Gentleman, an elegant con man, who carries with him an enticing proposition for Sue: If she wins a position as the maid to Maud Lilly, a naïve gentlewoman, and aids Gentleman in her seduction, then they will all share in Maud's vast inheritance. Once the inheritance is secured, Maud will be disposed of--passed off as mad, and made to live out the rest of her days in a lunatic asylum. With dreams of paying back the kindness of her adopted family, Sue agrees to the plan. Once in, however, Sue begins to...