MAYBE WOMEN CAN HAVE IT ALL. AS LONG AS THEYRE WILLING TO STEAL IT.
1925. LONDON. When Alice Diamond, a.k.a. Diamond Annie, is elected the queen of the Forty Elephants, shes determined to take the all-girl gang to new heights. Shes ambitious, tough as nails, and a brilliant mastermind with a plan to create a dynasty the likes of which no one has ever seen. Alice demands absolute loyalty from her familyits how she's always kept the cops in line. Too bad shes now the target for one of Britains first policewomen.
Officer Lilian Wyles isnt merely one of the first female detectives at Scotland Yard, shes one of the best detectives on the force. Even so, shell have to crack a major case to break free from the womens work shes been assigned. When she hears about the large-scale heist in the works to fund Alice's new dynasty, she realizes she has the chance shes been looking forand the added bonus of putting Diamond Annie out of business permanently.
A tale of dark glamour and sisterhood, Queens of London is a look at Britains first female crime syndicate, the ever-shifting meaning of justice, and the way women claim their power by any means necessary.
Looting, lying, and the letter of the law: Queens of London delivers a rollicking ride through the criminal underbelly of post-WWI London. Gritty at times and tender at others, Queens of London unmasks the most lawlessand likablegang of women youve never heard of."SARAH PENNER, bestselling author of The Lost Apothecary
