Old Dogs - by Donna Moore (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

La Contessa Letitzia di Ponzo and her sister, ex-hookers turned con artists, plan to steal jewel-encrusted Tibetan shih tzu statuettes from a Glasgow museum. Dodgy thieves, an obsessed islander, and a vengeful hitman all stand in their way... but luxury could be theirs if they pull it off.

La Contessa Letitzia di Ponzo and her sister Signora Teodora Grisiola are not who they might seem. Now in their seventies, they're actually Letty and Dora, a pair of ex-hookers turned con-artists who've decided to steal a pair of gold, jewel-encrusted Tibetan shih tzu dog statuettes from a Glasgow museum. Unfortunately, it seems everyone wants to get their hands on the expensive pooches.

There's the dodgy chauffeur, a pair of delinquents who work in a crematorium, an out-of-work insomniac bent on revenge, and an innocent young islander who's obsessed with returning the dogs to Tibet. And yet the elderly con-artists might just manage to execute their plan and live the rest of their lives in the lap of luxury. That is if they can avoid the Australian hitman with his sights on a very different future for them.

Review Quotes

'Like the perfect heist, Donna Moore's screwball caper is slick, audacious and hugely rewarding' Chris Ewan, author of The Good Thief's Guide to Paris

'Roll out the awards shelf, Donna is going to grab them all' Ken Bruen, award-winning author of London Boulevard

About the Author

Donna Moore was born in 1962 and led a sheltered childhood in a small English village. A crime fiction fan from a young age, Donna wanted to be one of Enid Blyton's Famous Five and fight crime with the aid of only a basket of cucumber sandwiches and a bottle of ginger beer. She spent her spare time following mysterious strangers around the village - especially those with cockney accents and a couple of days' growth of stubble - until a complaint from the new local vicar put a stop to her sleuthing career.