The Best Thing You Can Steal - (A Gideon Sable Novel) by Simon R Green

About the Book

Gideon Sable is a thief and a con man. He specializes in stealing the kind of things that can't normally be stolen. Like a ghost's clothes, or a photo from a country that never existed. Now, Gideon's planning a heist, to steal the only thing that matters from the worst man in the world. So he's going to need a crew who can do the impossible ...

Book Synopsis

Meet master thief Gideon Sable and his misfit crew of magical con artists as they take on a daring supernatural heist.

Welcome to London, but not as you know it. A place where magic and miracles are everyday things, and the dark streets are full of very shadowy people. Among them, Gideon Sable.

Gideon Sable specializes in stealing the kind of things that can't normally be stolen. A ghost's clothes. A radio that lets you listen in on what the dead are saying. A photo from a country that never existed. Even his current identity.

Now Gideon has a plan: to break into the most secure treasure house in the world and steal something very valuable from a very nasty man.

To get past security, he'll need a crew who can do the impossible:

The Damned - a seriously scary killer, who's staring down the barrel of eternal damnation.

The Ghost - the undead spirit of an art forger who can pass through any locked door.

The Wild Card - a man who can see beyond the veil of the material world.

And Annie Anybody - the woman who can be anyon. . . and also Gideon's ex-girlfriend.

Together, they're going to pull off the heist of a lifetime. And if they're lucky, they might not die trying . . .

The Best Thing You Can Steal is a fast-paced urban fantasy heist novel from New York Times bestselling author Simon R. Green that is perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo's Six of Crows and the C.K. McDonnell's Stranger Times series.

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Read all of the Gideon Sable Novels:

The Best Thing You Can Steal

A Matter of Death and Life

What Song the Sirens Sang

Not of This World

Where is Anybody?

From the Back Cover

SIMON R. GREEN THE BEST THING YOU CAN STEAL Welcome to London, but not as you know it. A place where magics and horror run free, wonders and miracles are everyday things, and the dark streets are full of very shadowy people . . . Gideon Sable is a thief and a con man. He specializes in stealing the kind of things that can't normally be stolen. Like a ghost's clothes, or a photo from a country that never existed. He even stole his current identity. Who was he originally? Now, that would be telling. One thing's for sure though, he's not the bad guy. The people he steals from always have it coming. Gideon's planning a heist, to steal the only thing that matters from the worst man in the world. To get past his security, he's going to need a crew who can do the impossible . . . but luckily, he has the right people in mind. The Damned, the Ghost, the Wild Card . . . and his ex-girlfriend, Annie Anybody. A woman who can be anyone, with the power to make technology fall in love with her. If things go well, they'll all get what they want. And if they're lucky, they might not even die trying . . .

Review Quotes

Clever worldbuilding-- "Publishers Weekly"

Exciting, witty and stuffed full of fun-- "Booklist"

This book is pure fun-- "Grimdark Magazine"

About the Author

Simon R. Green was born in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, England, where he still lives. He is the author of more than fifty science fiction and fantasy novels, including the Nightside, Secret Histories and Ghost Finders series, and, from Severn House, the Ishmael Jones mysteries and the new Gideon Sable urban fantasy series.