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    City of Lies
    City of Lies
    City of Lies
    Audiobook11 hours

    City of Lies

    Written by Victoria Thompson

    Narrated by Kate Forbes

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    About this audiobook

    An exciting new series featuring woman-on-the-run Elizabeth Miles-from the beloved national bestselling author of the Gaslight Mysteries. Every woman plays a part-but some are more dangerous than others. Like most women, Elizabeth Miles assumes many roles; unlike most, hers have made her a woman on the run. Living on the edge of society, Elizabeth uses her guile to relieve so-called respectable men of their ill-gotten gains. But brutal and greedy entrepreneur Oscar Thornton is out for blood. He's lost a great deal of money and is not going to forgive a woman for outwitting him. With his thugs hot on her trail, Elizabeth seizes the moment to blend in with a group of women who have an agenda of their own. She never expects to like or understand these privileged women, but she soon comes to respect their intentions, forming an unlikely bond with the wealthy matriarch of the group whose son, Gideon, is the rarest of species-an honest man in a dishonest world. Elizabeth knows she's playing a risky game, and her deception could be revealed at any moment, possibly even by sharp-eyed Gideon. Nor has she been forgotten by Thornton, who's biding his time, waiting to strike. Elizabeth must draw on her wits and every last ounce of courage she possesses to keep her new life from being cut short by this vicious shadow from her past.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateNov 7, 2017
    ISBN9781501966316
    City of Lies
    Author

    Victoria Thompson

    Victoria Thompson is the author of twenty bestselling historical romances. She is also the Edgar nominated author of the bestselling Gaslight Mystery Series, set in turn-of-the-century New York City and featuring midwife Sarah Brandt. She also contributed to the award winning writing textbook Many Genres/One Craft. A popular speaker, Victoria teaches in the Seton Hill University master's program in writing popular fiction. She lives in Central PA with her husband and a very spoiled little dog.Please visit Victoria Thompson’s www.victoriathompson.homestead.com to learn about new releases and discover old favorites!

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    • 5/5
      Lizzy Miles is a grifter. She and her brother run a number of cons. However, their latest con goes wrong and Oscar Thornton is now and the hunt for Lizzy. He wants his money back or Lizzy dead. Lizzy runs into a protest by suffragists who are picketing in front of the White House. Lizzy finds herself arrested and taken to a workhouse. She meets a number of upper class women and makes friends as they go through the horrors of the workhouse. She becomes especially close to Mrs. Bates and Anna Vanderslice. While they are undergoing horrors inside the workhouse, Mrs. Bate's son Gideon and Anna's brother David are trying to get them out. They are assisted by Oscar Thornton who wants Lizzy and who wants David to broker a deal with the Army to let him sell some questionable weapons.Once out of jail, Lizzy is taken home by Mrs. Bates and Anna. However, Lizzy is kidnapped by Thornton and the only way she can get herself free is to plan another con. She has to convince Thornton that she has enough influence with David to get him to broker Thornton's deal. She finds herself engaged to David while falling in love with Gideon and running the biggest con of her life. This was a great historical thriller. I liked Lizzy and I liked the historical detail about the woman's suffrage movement. It was fun trying to keep track of who knew what and what story Lizzy was going to try next.
    • 4/5
      I thought that this was very good! I have had this book in my queue for years but never seemed to be able to work it into my reading schedule. When I noticed that my local library had a copy of the audiobook available to borrow, I decided that it was finally time to see what this book was about. I found it be quite entertaining so I am glad that I finally gave it a chance.Elizabeth isn’t like most women in her time since she works with a team of grifters. To escape capture, she joins a group of women fighting for the right to vote and ends up going to jail with them. I loved the group of women that she was with while in jail. She became a vital member of the group and I really enjoyed the way that they supported and encouraged each other. When they are released, she goes home with one of the women she became close to in jail and has the opportunity to get to know Gideon a lot better.I thought that this book was rather exciting at times. It was really amazing that this book is only set 100 years ago since this world looked so different from the one we live in today. I liked the chemistry between Elizabeth and Gideon and thought that they worked well together despite having very different views. I enjoyed the fact that the suffrage movement played such a vital role in the story and I liked that LGBTQ issues were also addressed.Kate Forbes did a very nice job with the narration. I liked the various voices she used for the character dialogue. I felt like she was able to add a lot of emotion and excitement to the story and her pacing was well done. I believe that her performance added to my overall enjoyment of the story.I would recommend this book to others. Elizabeth was a great character and I loved the fact that she often operates in a morally grey area. I do plan to read more of this series soon.I received a digital review copy of this book from Berkley Publishing Group via Edelweiss and borrowed a copy of the audiobook from my local library.
    • 4/5
      I love Thompson’s “Gaslight” mysteries and thought I’d give this a try. The heroine is a con artist she, her brother and a couple of other grifters were playing out a con on a “mark.” It didn’t go according to plan and she runs off and manages to escape by mixing in with a suffragists march in Washington. Along with the other women gets arrested and sent to jail and then a workhouse. She befriends some a group of women and that introduces her to their relatives, Gideon Bates (a lawyer) and David Vanderslice. The “mark,” Oscar Thornton, however, is a con artist too, and is out for revenge and threatens her with plans of his own. While all this is going on there’s a slow very proper romantic entanglement building with the outcome never in doubt.
    • 4/5
      A solid piece of popular historical fiction with an engaging heroine, an interesting plot, and some nice details about the suffrage movement and about grifting. Recommended.
    • 5/5
      I wasn’t sure how I was going to like a different series by Victoria Thompson but I am so glad I read this. It is wonderful. I love reading about cons. I loved the movie The Sting. I loved Elizabeth Miles and Anna. The con and reading about the Suffragettes wa fantastic. This had many twists and turns and I didn’t want to put it down. I received a copy of this book from Firsttoread for a fair and honest opinion that I gave of my own free will.
    • 3/5
      The struggle of women to obtain the right is vote serves as the historical background for this period romance. A dishonest woman, Elizabeth, meets a man of principles. Gideon, and is threatened when a man from her past, Oscar, threatened the newfound peace in being a lady with advantages. The cons are exposed and everything work out as expected.I received this book through a Goodreads giveaway. Although encouraged, I was under no obligation to write a review. The opinions I have expressed are my own.