India Black and the Gentleman Thief - Softcover

[A] breezy, fast-paced debut. Publishers Weekly on India Black

Expect to stay up late reading this fascinating and at times hilarious novel of espionage and intrigue; you won t want to put it down. RT Book Reviews on India Black

This saucy debut is a satisfying amusement, with the happy promise of more to come. Kirkus Reviews on India Black

"With danger, intrigue, revelations, a former lover turning up and Black on her best cynical yet intelligent behavior, this book really does grip the reader tight and doesn't let go. Also with an ending that more than sets up another fantastic, rollicking adventure for India Black, I am very excited to see just where Carr is going to send her brilliantly written Victorian madam." ----Curiosity of a Social Misfit

IIndia Black, one of Victorian London's most respected madams, is puzzled when Colonel Francis Mayhew forwards an innocuous shipping bill to her address, but furious when thugs break down her door and steal it. Mayhew has been butchered and India makes a startling discovery she can't bear to tell the rakish Agent French - she has a history with their chief suspect, the gentleman thief who once stole her heart...