House of Thieves

from JBD1

Well this one grabbed hold and didn't let go, I'll say that for it. The ARC arrived in the mail, I picked it up after dinner, and suddenly midnight had passed and I was turning the last page. While there are elements of the story that just seem a little too far out the limb of believability, by a...

from Carolee888

House of Thieves is a fascinating leap into the Gilded Age in New York City. The author, Charles Belfoure, is an architect like the main character, John Cross. The Cross family is related to the famed Knickerbocker who established a strict code of manners that guided the lives of high society. Th...

from Linda.Bass

Would you commit a crime to keep your family from death? When young George Cross became addicted to gambling, in 1886, he had just graduated college made his parents proud, but ran up forty-eight thousand dollars to a loan shark! He tried to not let his parents know how deeply in debt he was beca...

from SilversReviews

Gambling debts, robbery rings, and high society​ and​​ ​thugs​ blending together​ for a marvelous read. HOUSE OF THIEVES takes us back to the late 1800's when women needed escorts and ​when ​men were their protectors. The men definitely​ protected their wives and families and​ kept secrets from t...

from bookmuse56

A mesmerizing entertaining read! Set in the Gilded Age this page-turner filled with the glitz and glamour of the monied where a whisper of a scandal shuns them from their privileged position meets the grittiness of the underworld as architect John Cross will have to successfully navigate both wor...