The release date for the English version of 'Fingersmith' by
Sarah Waters is Oct 2002. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
As a newborn, Sue Trinder was abandoned and placed in the care of Mrs. Sucksby, a "baby farmer," who reared Sue with extraordinary love and care, treating her as if she were her own. This house in the middle of a terrible London slum is home to a nomadic family of fingersmiths, small thieves who are temporarily settled in Mrs. Sucksby's household along with her fussy infants who are soothed with gin.
One day, the most adored burglar of them all shows up: Gentleman, a sophisticated con artist, who brings an alluring offer to Sue: if she accepts Maud Lilly's job as a maid and helps Gentleman woo her, they would all get a piece of Maud's enormous fortune. Maud will be dealt with when the inheritance is obtained; she will be declared insane and forced to spend the remainder of her life in a mental hospital.
Sue accepts the proposal, hoping to repay her new family for their compassion. But when she's in, Sue starts to feel sorry for her defenseless mark and unexpectedly starts to care about Maud Lilly.However, in this thrilling and unexpected Dickensian story, nothing and nobody is what it appears.