(2002) Fingersmith

Sarah Waters

Language: English

ISBN

Crime Historical Fiction UK

Publisher: Riverhead Trade

Published: Jan 30, 2010

Description:

Awards
Orange Prize for Fiction (nominee)
The Man Booker Prize (nominee)

Set in a den of thieves in 1860's London, this novel focuses on Susan, a pickpocket, who is persuaded by her cohorts to pose as a lady's maid and infiltrate the household of Maud, a young heiress in possession of a large inheritance.