It all starts when Katarina Bishop is waiting to meet with the school board of Colgan Academy about her supposedly putting the headmaster's 1958 Porshe on the top of the water fountain in the middle of the quad, with water squirting from its headlights.
When Katarina "Kat" Bishop was only three, her parents took her to Paris to case the Louvre. For her seventh birthday, her great Uncle Eddie took her to Austria to steal the crown jewels. You can imagine the family business was passed on down to this intelligent, clever strong, independent young woman. She ran away to con herself into the world's most strenuous school in the world when she was fifteen, hoping to leave her family's theiving legacy. Unfortunately, "The Life", came back to haunt her.
As it turns out, Kat was actually innocent. Due to so much evidence against her, Kat is expelled. Outside, a limo is waiting for her. Thinking it's the car Colgan sent for her, she climbs in. When she does, she finds herself siting next to her friend and former co-conspirator, Hale. He framed Kat for his putting the Porsche on the fountain for a good reason: A job was pulled in Italy. A big one. Five priceless paintings were stolen. Their owner, a powerful mobster named Auturo Taccone, wants them back in two weeks. Kat's father isn't just on the suspect list, he is the list.
When Kat goes to Paris to talk to her father, she learns he has an alibi: he was pulling a job in Paris the time the Taccone estate was robbed. Later, when heading to hail a taxi, a car drives up to her. Its passenger beckons her to join him. Kat learns that she is face- to- face with Auturo Taccone himself. She tries to convince him that her father is innocent (for the Taccone robery, anyway) , but Taccone isn't buying it. He reminds her that he has two weeks to retrieve his paintings. If they weren't returned by then, bad things would happen.
Throughout the book, Kat forms a teenage Heist Society, goes around the world to search for clues, and realizes family might be most important.
So what are you waiting for? This book is filled with mystery, drama, and a little suspense here and there. Get to your nearest bookstore and get Heist Society today!
Throughout the book, Kat forms a teenage Heist Society, goes around the world to search for clues, and realizes family might be most important.
So what are you waiting for? This book is filled with mystery, drama, and a little suspense here and there. Get to your nearest bookstore and get Heist Society today!
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