The Lies of Locke Lamora - Scott Lynch

This novel is the first by Scott Lynch and is also the fist in this 7 book series. It has lots of side plots and twists so I will try to briefly describe it without giving anyhting away. It tells the tale of a young boy called Locke Lamora that is coached in the art of thievery but the Thiefmaker. However it soon becomes apparent that Locke has more than just a natural flair for this line of work. His schemes are extravagant, unusual and ambitious beyond belief. He and a team of other young boys, Jean, Caldo and Galdo are coached to be the best of the best, The Gentleman Bastards. Their marks are carefully scoped and a series of elaborate cons are ...  Read the complete review

If you're ever see the excellent TV series 'Hustle' then I might begin to describe this book by saying that the main plot consists of a similar series of twists and turns through a world of trickery and conmen, who work for the game rather than for the money and choose their victims for the challenge of the chase. However, there the similarity ends and the world of Locke Lamora and his 'Gentlemen Bastards' swiftly reveals itself to be a sophisticated creation by an amazingly talented new writer. I don't really want to say to much about the actual plot of the book as it would be easy to give too much away but I will say that I can't recommend this ...  Read the complete review

Scott Lynch has written a book with many different sub plots containing characters with multiple alter-egos. This book should be incredibly difficult to understand and too clever for its own good. But it isn't, it is so well written that even the names don't get confusing. ~ Plot Outline ~ I don't want to go into too much detail about the plot as the beauty of this book is that you never know what happens next and I doubt anyone would guess all the crazy schemes that Locke thinks of. I have no intention of ruining this book for anyone but I will give a basic outline of what the book is about. There are two main stories going on in ...  Read the complete review