Peaky Blinders meets Ocean's 8 in The Forty Elephants, an epic novel set
in Roaring Twenties London, based on the real-life, all-female gang of
the same name who specialized in crime as high art, targeting posh
department stores and elites.
London in the 1920s is no place for a woman with a mind of her own. Gang
wars, violence, and an unforgiving world have left pickpocket Alice
Diamond scrambling to survive in the Mint, the gritty neighborhood her
family has run for generations. When her father goes to jail yet again
and her scam artist brother finds himself in debt to the dangerous
McDonald crime syndicate, Alice takes over. Fighting for power at every
turn, she struggles to protect her father's territory and keep the
people she loves safe from some of London's most dangerous criminals.
Recruited by the enigmatic Mary Carr, Alice boldly chooses to break her
father's edict against gangs and become part of a group of notorious
lady shoplifters, the Forty Elephants. Leaving the Mint behind, she and
the other girls steal from the area's poshest department stores, and for
the first time in her life, Alice Diamond tastes success. But it's not
long before she wants more--no matter the cost. And when her past and
present collide, there's no escaping the girl from the Mint.
