I enjoyed this book. I was completely drawn into the stories of Alice and Mary. We read about places introduced earlier in the series and learn Alice's back story. I think this book was my favorite. The dual timelines worked well together.

I would like to thank NetGalley and William Morrow Books for the ARC.

I absolutely love the premise of this series and the female bad guys! This book is the 3rd in the series but you can definitely read them as a stand alone. I love the time period and the elements the author used to bring this novel to life. Very fun read!

The Queen of Diamonds is the third in the fourty thieves series and I loved every one!
Following Alice Diamond is such a treat, these books are enthralling and you really can’t stop turning the pages.

In the third book we go back to Alice’s roots and learn about how she became the Queen of Thieves and it is such a fun time!

Thanks to Netgalley, the publisher and the author the E-arc in exchange for my honest review!

Engaging third book in the Queen of Thieves series. Readers learn the backstory of Mary Carr-the original Queen of Diamonds back in 1898 when she first saw Lady Dorothy Harcourt and how she would affect her life. Readers also meet Alice in 1923 and how her life will later be intertwined with Mary's.

I loved how we first meet Mary in the slums and how she went from being an art model for Lady Harcourt, how she became a thief, to finally, her time in Bedlam. The details of the insane asylum during the early 19th century are horrific with the cruelty directed toward women.

These women are resilient, strong, and learn to live on their own wits. There's also a sisterhood that develops between the women. They are thieves, but they also are loyal even when pressured to be otherwise.

I loved how the author ties it all together by the end of the book with a twisty reveal that I didn't see coming.

Fans of the Queen of Thieves series won't be disappointed.

Though "Queen of Diamonds" is the third entry in Beezy Marsh's Queen of Thieves series, about the all-female London shoplifting gang the Forty Thieves, it takes place before the other novels. It's also, imo, better than the previous two, which I enjoyed in a guilty-pleasure way. The writing seemed a little more vivid and the characters more multidimensional. And though this entry suffered from a few of my biggest fiction irritants—dual timelines, multiple first-person narrators who sound the same, and convenient coincidences—I barely minded. This was a fast, entertaining read.

Thank you, NetGalley and William Morrow, for providing me with an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫.
Society, suffering, and sparkling strength.

Mary is a young, low class girl living in the 1900’s. From the Seven Dials, she was busy taking care of her baby brother and getting in line each morning for day old bread costing the only pennies that she had. Watch as Mary emerges from her personal trenches.

Our Alice Diamond, she’s back for this 3rd book in the series! It was interesting to read about her early days with this one. This parallel storyline is one that keeps you wondering from the beginning.

These leading woman go through a tremendous amount of early success and heartbreak. This time period was interesting, harrowing, I and love how Breezy Marsh takes us through this historical period!

Thank you to NetGalley and William Morrow Books for this ARC opportunity. This gem is being published January 14, 2024.

Such a great read! Highly recommend this one.

Many thanks to the author, the publisher, and Netgalley for my ARC. All opinions are my own.

Queen of Diamonds is the third book in the Queen of Thieves series and I think it just might be my favorite! This story focuses on our favorite Queen, Alice, and a little of her background on how she went from the Slums of the Seven dials to Queen of hoisting. It’s well written and Beezy Marsh does an excellent job connecting all the dots and bringing everyone’s storyline together beautifully. Absolutely love all three books of this series and each woman’s story. Highly recommend !! FIVE STARS ⭐️


London, 1922. Orphan girl Alice dreams there's more to life than toiling long hours in Pink's jam factory. Inspired by stories about the legendary Queen of Thieves, Mary Carr, who terrorised the streets of Victorian London, Alice decides to set up her own The Forty Thieves. Sly seamstress Kate Felix from Whitechapel persuades Alice they'd make the perfect team and before long, the pair are making headlines in the glitzy world of 1920s Soho with their criminal sprees. A life of crime means they soon make some powerful enemies, and Alice must sacrifice more than she ever thought if she is to be crowned Queen of Diamonds. But the toughest and most beautiful diamonds are formed under pressure.
From squalid slums and the grim confines of Holloway Prison to the glittering nightclubs of London in the roaring twenties, Queen of Diamonds is a fast-paced, gritty story of love, loss and loyalty to the gang.

Thank you to NetGalley for sharing this ARC with me in exchange of honest feedback!

Very much enjoyed this book!

I love the historical elements and how it really shows what life was like in London during this time period. People did what they had to do to survive, including a life of crime.

The story is engaging and will hook you from the beginning. The characters come alive and make the reader think about many of society's problems. There is depth created from the story and the character interactions which really blends into a complete book.

Many people will love this book. It has all the "Old World" glamour of the age and the edge-of-your-seat action that will have one anxiously turning the page.

Definitely read it!

Thanks to William Morrow and NetGalley for the ARC!

Queen of Diamonds is a third in a series of books about female thieves but can be read as a standalone book, which I did. It’s a unique historical fiction that really pulls you in and makes you feel like a firsthand witness to the interesting historical women portrayed.

The book takes place in a dreary poor area of London from the late 1800s to the mid 1920’s. The book is two parallel stories that each progress as the other does. There’s so much drama, glitz, and glamour for a story about two very poor girls doing what they must to survive. Both characters have a lot of similarities, they’re both driven, have expensive taste, love deeply, are loyal to the people they love and face terrible injustice by society.

On the surface these derelict, destitute, and underprivileged girls have no morality when it comes to committing crimes and stealing, yet they have a better sense of ethics than the privileged elite who look down on the poor, as if they aren’t anything but pests that are a detriment to society. In this book the real villains are the entitled, arrogant, and elite. The heroes are the felonious, reprobate, and impoverished women of the wrong side of town.

This story focuses on a lot of important issues such as class, the perceived amorality of the lower class, how perceptions shape the classes, a woman’s place in society and the way punishments such as jail and asylums harm more than they help. When I read this story, I knew very little, other than that it was about some lady thieves, but it delves into very serious topics in an in-depth and analytical way. It shines a light on society as a whole and not only how they treat the upper and lower classes but the ultimate outcome and perception of that class.

This book is a feminist historical fiction that is not to be missed. It asks some interesting questions and shines light on important issues as well as some rather interesting women of the day. I will be reading the other books in this series after reading this novel. If you like a criminal underground, enterprising females, and interesting characters that are morally gray then this is the book for you.

Solid follow up by Breezy Marsh for Queen of Thieves Series. Love all the characters and the backdrop of the book!

Queen of Diamonds is the latest installment in the Queens of Thieves series. This book is about a women’s gang on steroids!I highly enjoyed it.