Ross Quest isn’t a regular teenager. Already a master thief by the age of 17, she spends her days planning escape routes for fun and pulling elaborate heists with her elegant, but also manipulative, mother.

It’s an exhilarating lifestyle, but what Ross really craves is the normality of going to school and making friends. She plans her ultimate escape plan – to leave her mother during their next heist – but something goes wrong and her mother ends up in the hands of some very dangerous people. Her only way out? A billion dollars, which Ross doesn’t have.

But, in a convenient coincidence, she could obtain it by accepting the invitation to compete in the Thieves’ Gambit. All she has to do is beat the best of the best, including her bitter childhood rival, and the boy who makes her heart flutter at the most unexpected times.

Kayvion Lewis’s writing offers a heart-pounding ride in a global setting with fast-paced action which is so easy to read. It has you turning the pages frantically, trying to find out what the next twist will be and who will manage to outwit the others and come out on top. It may not be who you think or hope it will be!

It’s a brilliant start to what feels like the beginning of a series that will keep you guessing right up until the end. For ages 13+.