01908cam a2200337 i 4500 248213072 TxGeo 20151123120000.0 141222s2015||||||||||||d|||||||||||eng|u 9781410484055 hbk. 141048405X hbk. TxGeo rda Belfoure, Charles, 1954- House of thieves [large print] : a novel / Charles Belfoure. Farmington Hills, MI : Wheeler Publishing, 2015. 559 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier In 1886 New York, a respectable architect shouldn't have any connection to the notorious gang of thieves and killers that rules the underbelly of the city. But when John Cross's son racks up an unfathomable gambling debt to Kent's Gents, Cross must pay it back himself. All he has to do is use his inside knowledge of high society mansions and museums to craft a robbery even the smartest detectives won't solve. The take better include some cash too --the bigger the payout, the faster this will be over. With a newfound talent for sniffing out vulnerable and lucrative targets, Cross becomes invaluable to the gang. But Cross's entire life has become a balancing act, and it will only take one mistake for it all to come crashing down --and for his family to go down too. 20151217. New York (State) National Guard Infantry Regiment, 69th Social life and customs 1865-1918 Fiction. Architects New York (State) New York Fiction. Fathers and sons Fiction. Upper class Fiction. Gambling Fiction. Historical fiction. Suspense fiction. Large type books. QS5