Thick as Thieves

by Sandra Brown

THE 80 MILLION COPY BESTSELLER AUTHOR

'Sandra Brown skilfully sets up the sticky web of dynamics between her cast of characters . . . this is a tightly plotted and gripping read' The Times

Twenty years ago, four men attempted to pull off the ultimate heist, almost walking away with half a million dollars. By daybreak, their plan had been shot to hell.

One was in hospital.
One was in jail.
One was dead.
And one got away with it.

Arden Maxwell is the daughter of the man who disappeared all those years ago, presumedly with the money in his pocket and blood on his hands. After years of running from her past, she is returning to her family home in Caddo Lake, Texas. Little does she know, two of her father's co-conspirators are still there. And they are watching her every move.

With Arden's arrival, the two old accomplices are set on red alert. One of these three knows more about the money, the murder and the betrayal than they are letting on. The truth rarely stays buried forever, and many would kill to uncover it.

Thick as Thieves is a gripping novel of danger, vengeance, desire and greed, for fans of Melinda Leigh, Lisa Gardner, Karen Rose and Lisa Jackson.

• ISBN10: 1538718987
• ISBN13: 9781538718988
• Publish Date: 25 August 2020
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Grand Central Publishing
• Edition: Large type / large print edition
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 496
• Language: English

Reviews

[booksandcats]

I am usually quite a big fan of Sandra Browns crime/romance stuff, but this didn't do it for me. It was still a solid story, Sandra Brown is an extremely talented writer of course, hence the two stars.

What didn't work for me is that I could connect with neither character and I did not buy the connection between them at all. We had scenes were they were awkward and pretty much seemed to dislike each other, she was not into him, he did not think nicely about her in his internal monologue, then there is a throwaway sentence about how much he wants her, how he desires her. That's not how you write chemistry, you can't just declare it in random sentences and then act like that's all that needs to happen. It has to be something that you can feel between the characters.

The plot wasn't really it either, since there was basically no tension. It was obvious who was involved in the crime (yes, as usual there was a plottwist, but since it was not set up at all, it added nothing to the tension of the story). We all knew who did it and it seemed like Ledge could have ended it far earlier if he just wanted to. The story seemed so completely unnecessary drawn out, it turned me kinda off. Also there were so many unnecessary secrets, like, why didn't Arden tell anybody that she didn't have an affair but chose IVF? That's not a problem, but her "affair" was made a plotpoint several times!

So, didn't like the plot and didn't like the characters, but the writing was alright, so yeah.