This is classic McManus, with just the right amount of twists to follow throughout the story. However, I especially appreciated the "found family", friendship, and ways we bond together that adds a more human element, rather than just the dramatic suspense. Excellent read & great addition to any HS library.

I usually tear through Karen McManus's books, but this one really dragged on for me. I think heist-y stories just aren't my favorite, but I found this pretty boring overall.

This is her best yet - a perfect mix of old- fashioned heist novel and YA mystery. Bonus: The characters are, actually, charming.

I really wanted to like this one - I tend to go back and forth with McManus titles, but this one felt new and different from most of her topics (in a good way) with well-written and likable characters. The heist-trope of this one was new and exciting! I couldn't put it down for the first third of the novel or so, but then the plot kind of dragged on from there. The murder was a good twist, but felt predictable once it was revealed who was behind everything. It's possible I'm being overly picky, but I'd still recommend this to my middle schoolers, especially those who love her other work. While this one fell flat for me, it won't stop me from reading more of her works - I've read everything by McManus and can't resist anytime a new work is dropped. Thanks so much for the ARC!

A twisty, dark thriller about con artists and family from Karen M. McManus, author of One of Us is Lying.. When Kat's mother Jamie reluctantly let her accompany her on her last heist, it seems like they will start a new life with their past in the rearview mirror. But when they get to the Sutherland compound to do their last job-nothing goes according to plan. Including her mother's ex-husband and stepbrother Liam being there. After someone dies, Kat and Liam realize that someone may be after them, and trusting anyone else might be a deadly mistake.

Thanks to Netgalley for my ARC. At first, I thought it was going to be heist story (kinda like Ocean's 11) & I was really into it. BUT then I hit the murder and it all just seemed to easy to figure out.

I love a good YA novel, good plot, nothing heavy or too romantic. Unless you have suspended beliefs, this one is a little too far fetched and unbelievable for me.

I don't know what's more unbelievable, a teenager helping her (incapacitated) mom with a jewelry heist, her former step dad showing up bc he's already conning the mark, her incarcerated father showing up, or the lengths someone would go to go cover their own butt.

I know, I know, it's fiction, it's not supposed to be completely believable.. but hear me out.. having all the toppings on your I've cream doesn't make it better, it makes it confusing and hard to digest.

Now, thank goodness that the author has a great writing style, that's easy to get into and easy to enjoy. I have read a few of her books, but this one was just too much for me

Thank you to Netgalley for the opportunity to read this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This author never disappoints, and this book is no exception. As fast paced, and as engaging as all of her other books, this book takes us on a jewelry heist, gone so very wrong with so many twists and turns it is impossible to know what is coming next! Kat has a pass that she would rather forget and she and her mother have spent a lot of time trying to outrun the bad things that have happened to them, they both think that they’re finally going to be free after just one more job, but it’s never that easy. All of the characters in this book are likable for different reasons, except, of course, for the ones that you shouldn’t like lol. I loved all of their relationships and spent the majority of the time just wanting them all to win and to have happiness that I thought they deserved. I read this book in a day it was fantastic and I can’t wait to bring it into my classroom..