Fingersmith
by Sarah Waters
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appears in Plot Twist, Suspense, and Historical Fiction.
No one and nothing is as it seems in this Dickensian novel of thrills and reversals. Sue Trinder is an orphan, left as an infant in the care of Mrs. Sucksby, a "baby farmer." Mrs. Sucksby?s household also hosts a transient family of petty thieves?fingersmiths?for whom this house in the heart of a mean London slum is home.One day, the most beloved t...
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appears in Plot Twist, Suspense, and Historical Fiction.
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