City of Saints & Thieves by Natalie C. Anderson

I can feel my own warm blood between my fingers. I’ve been sitting in this mango tree for long enough to squish seven mosquitoes dead. Your feet might creak on the floorboards. If you exist, you can’t exhale and slip through the bars on a window. You won’t be able to bump into her and swivel away, her wallet stuffed down your pants. You won’t be able to take your time and choose: a big lady in pink and gold. If you exist, you won’t be able to slouch through a press of bodies, all warm arms and shoulders smelling of work and soap. They’ll want to know who’s letting you run around. Because if you do exist, you might snag someone’s eye who will frown and wonder who you are. If you’re going to be a thief, the first thing you need to know is that you don’t exist.Īnd I mean, you really have to know it. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. But finally uncovering the incredible truth about who killed her mother-and why-keeps her holding on in this fast-paced nail-biting thriller.

But as soon as she steps inside the lavish home, she’s overtaken by the pain of old wounds and the pull of past friendships, setting into motion a dangerous cascade of events that could, at any moment, cost Tina her life. It’s a job for the Goondas that finally brings Tina back to the Greyhill estate, giving her the chance for vengeance she’s been waiting for. With revenge always on her mind, Tina spends the next four years surviving on the streets alone, working as a master thief for the Goondas, Sangui City’s local gang. Greyhill's personal study, she knows exactly who’s behind it. So when her mother is found shot to death in Mr. But Tina soon learns that the Greyhill fortune was made from a life of corruption and crime. Her mother quickly found work as a maid for a prominent family, headed by Roland Greyhill, one of the city’s most respected business leaders. After fleeing the Congo as refugees, Tina and her mother arrived in Kenya looking for the chance to build a new life and home.

In the shadows of Sangui City, there lives a girl who doesn't exist. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo meets Gone Girl in this enthralling murder mystery set in Kenya.

City of Saints & Thieves by Natalie C. Anderson