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House of thieves a novel

When his son racks up an impossible gambling debt to a notorious gang in nineteenth-century New York, John Cross uses his inside knowledge of high-society mansions and museums to craft a perfect heist.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Belfoure, Charles, 1954-
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Landmark, [2015]
Subjects:	Architects > New York (State) > New York > Fiction. Fathers and sons > Fiction. Upper class > Fiction. Gambling > Fiction. New York (State) > Social life and customs > 1865-1918 > Fiction. Historical fiction > New York Suspense fiction > New York
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Summary:	When his son racks up an impossible gambling debt to a notorious gang in nineteenth-century New York, John Cross uses his inside knowledge of high-society mansions and museums to craft a perfect heist.
Physical Description:	412 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:	9781492617891 (hardcover : acid-free paper) 149261789X (hardcover : acid-free paper)
Author Notes:	Charles Belfoure is the nationally bestselling author of The Paris Architect. An architect by profession, he graduated from the Pratt Institute and Columbia University, and he taught at Pratt as well as Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland. His area of specialty is historic preservation, and he has published several architectural histories, one of which won a Graham Foundation national grant for architectural research. He has been a freelance writer for The Baltimore Sunand The New York Times. He lives in Maryland. For more information, visit www.charlesbelfoure.com.