Fingersmith by Sarah Waters

Written by award-winning author Sarah Waters, Fingersmith is an extraordinary, ingenious tale of fraud, insanity and secrets.

Set in London 1862 and orphaned as an infant, Susan Trinder was raised by Mrs. Sucksby, “mother” to a host of pickpockets and con artists. To pay her debt, she joins legendary thief Gentleman in swindling an innocent woman out of her inheritance.

But from the moment Sue draws breath, her fate is linked to that of another orphan growing up in a gloomy mansion not too many miles away.