The Good Thief's Guide to Paris - (Good Thief's Guides) by Chris Ewan (Paperback)

About the Book

Charlie Howard--mystery writer and professional thief--is flush with the success of his Paris book-reading when he agrees to show a novice how to break into an apartment. The next day, Charlie's hired to steal an ordinary-looking oil painting--from the same address.

Book Synopsis

Charlie Howard--globe-trotting mystery writer and the most disarming burglar since Cary Grant in It Takes a Thief--is flush with the success of his Paris book reading and a few glasses of wine when he agrees to show a novice how to break into an apartment. The next day, Charlie is hired to steal a painting--from the same address. Coincidence? Perhaps, but then why does a dead body turn up in his living room? And what is he going to do when his charming literary agent, Victoria (who is trusting enough to assume he looks like his author photo), decides they should finally meet face to face?

Nobody ever said a life of suspense was easy, but in Chris Ewan's The Good Thief's Guide to Paris, Charlie, the most disarmingly charming burglar since Cary Grant, soon finds things are getting way out of control.

Review Quotes

"Fast and funny, Ewan's second offering in the Good Thief series is even better than the first." --Booklist (Starred Review)

"Charlie Howard ... once again makes a funny, fast-talking narrator in Ewan's delightful second mystery." --Publishers Weekly

"A feast for the amoral." --Kirkus Reviews

"Wonderful descriptions of locale, engaging and wacky characters, and an entertaining plot that will leave readers eager for the next book. Highly recommended." --Library Journal

Fast and funny, Ewan's second offering in the Good Thief series is even better than the first. Booklist (Starred Review)

Charlie Howard ... once again makes a funny, fast-talking narrator in Ewan's delightful second mystery. Publishers Weekly

A feast for the amoral. Kirkus Reviews

Wonderful descriptions of locale, engaging and wacky characters, and an entertaining plot that will leave readers eager for the next book. Highly recommended. Library Journal

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Fast and funny, Ewan's second offering in the Good Thief series is even better than the first. "Booklist (Starred Review)"

Charlie Howard ... once again makes a funny, fast-talking narrator in Ewan's delightful second mystery. "Publishers Weekly"

A feast for the amoral. "Kirkus Reviews"

Wonderful descriptions of locale, engaging and wacky characters, and an entertaining plot that will leave readers eager for the next book. Highly recommended. "Library Journal""

"Fast and funny, Ewan's second offering in the Good Thief series is even better than the first."
--"Booklist "(Starred Review)

"Charlie Howard ... once again makes a funny, fast-talking narrator in Ewan's delightful second mystery."
--"Publishers Weekly"

"A feast for the amoral."
--"Kirkus Reviews"

"Wonderful descriptions of locale, engaging and wacky characters, and an entertaining plot that will leave readers eager for the next book. Highly recommended."
--"Library Journal"

Praise for "The Good Thief's Guide to Amsterdam
""This impressive debut, a comic whodunit . . . owes much of its charm and success to its compelling antihero, Charles Howard. . . . The ease with which Ewan creates a memorable protagonist and pits him against a plausible and tricky killer will be the envy of many more established authors. The detection is first-rate, and Howard is a fresh, irreverent creation who will make readers eager for his next exploit."" "--"Publishers Weekly" (starred review)
"[Ewan's] droll, funny, noirish style, cleverly drawn central character, and great descriptions of locale will make this a popular new series." --"Library Journal
""Charlie is agreeable company . . . as he narrates his own skilled thievery and flights of quick thought. Seeing the pieces fly together at the end without a single missing bit is pretty fun." --"Houston"" Chronicle
""[An] enjoyable plot and engaging characters. . . . A good first novel with lots of potential as a series." --"Booklist
""Although there's no telling where Ewan may send his likable hero next, read the book and see if you don't agree that, wherever it is, it must be soon." "--The News & Observer"

About the Author

CHRIS EWAN is a lawyer on the Isle of Man. His first novel, The Good Thief's Guide to Amsterdam, was hailed as one of the best "books for grownups" by the editors of Publishers Weekly and AARP The Magazine.