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|title=The Greater Thief

|sort=Greater Thief, The

|publisher=Roundfire

|date=September 2012

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|summary=A crime thriller for our age combining beautiful language with brutal reality and compelling story telling, this opens up the world of our street gang culture with a poignant understanding.

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Shots ring out on a London street. Among those listening are three people for whom the effects will echo for a lot longer than the sound itself. Policeman's daughter and student Alice is sitting in a nearby pub doing uni work. Paul the local ''trainee vicar'' is on parish business. His connection is fancying Alice. They're friends and almost became an item but Paul is a lot older than she is, his hopes finally being dashed when she met Josh. Yes, Josh, a gang member with both a conscience and a heart, is the third person. The page from a book of poetry given to him by Alice is found on the resulting body. Did Josh commit the murder? Can Alice help him? And, if Paul is going to assist, how far dare he go?