Always a Thief

by Kay Hooper

Paperback, 2003

Status

Available

Call number

Fic Romance Hooper

Publication

Bantam (2003), Mass Market Paperback, 336 pages

Description

Fiction. Mystery. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:In a deadly game of skill and deception...A master thief is just the first wild card�?�The priceless, rarely displayed Bannister collection is about to be exhibited�??and the show�??s director, Morgan West, can�??t ignore her growing uneasiness. She�??s certain she hasn�??t seen the last of the infamous cat burglar Quinn. But she never expected him to turn up at her apartment one dark night in desperate need of her help�??help she can�??t refuse. The mysterious master thief is playing a dangerous game, and it�??s a game that just might get him killed. With Morgan�??s help, Quinn sets a trap intended to catch someone far more elusive�?�and more deadly�?�than a thief. But an unseen threat shadows him in the fog-shrouded San Francisco night, an unknown adversary more cunning than any he has yet encountered. Now, just when the stakes are higher than even Quinn can imagine, no one can be t… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member Darla
I'm not sure when I got this book, but I nearly put it down shortly after I started reading it. Lemme 'splain. Kay Hooper is on my C list, I think--if I'm remembering correctly how I've arranged my lists. Anyway, I generally enjoy her books, but not enough to actively look for them. So this one was
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likely bought to round out an order at Half.com. Unfortunately, it's a sequel.

Thief Quinn shows up, shot, on museum director Morgan West's doorstep. They'd obviously met before, and had a connection, but something--Quinn being a thief, perhaps?--kept them apart. Nevertheless, when Quinn was wounded, his instincts send him straight to Morgan.

Turns out Quinn is working with the police to trap and catch another, more ruthless thief. It's like To Catch a Thief (Quinn looked, in my imagination, remarkably like Cary Grant), with humor, romance, and a labyrinth of twists and turns.

Always a Thief and its predecessor Once a Thief are, I gather, rewritten from old Loveswepts, reminiscent of Carole Nelson Douglas's Midnight Louie books. How much they're changed, I don't know, but it would be interesting to find out.

At any rate, it was a fun read, and I intend to look for Once a Thief, though I'm not sure I'll be buying it new.
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LibraryThing member jjmcgaffey
So where's the next one? This is definitely the _middle_ book of the three-volume novel. There isn't even a full romance in this one - Quinn and Morgan admit love but they're not settled at all. And while the big story - the trap - is done, there's a major loose end left lying about, and the book
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ends with Quinn going after it. More revelations about relationships and employment, and we do know who Nightshade is - but _still_ not a complete story. I suspect the Loveswept version left out the loose end and just had Quinn and Morgan happily ever after (probably without dealing with the life-changes that would take, too), but... The annoying thing is, as far as I'm aware this is only two books, she hasn't written the third one. Arrrgh!
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LibraryThing member Lauren2013
Quickie Review

So many good ideas that went absolutely nowhere.

The relationship between Quinn and Morgan is enjoyable though. They have great chemistry and his character is very well developed, but them I'm a sucker for a bad boy :0)

Language

Original publication date

2003

Physical description

336 p.; 6.92 inches

ISBN

0553585681 / 9780553585681

Local notes

Quinn/Thief, 2

DDC/MDS

Fic Romance Hooper

Rating

½ (77 ratings; 3.6)
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