A Nest of Vipers

Characterful, page-turning drama and a vivid mixture of research and imagination - The Sunday Times \r\n\r\nA gripping tale of a group of larger-than-life con artists who roam the streets of eighteenth-century London. \r\n\r\nCato Hopkins is the youngest member of Mother Hopkinss family - a group of skilled fraudsters and pickpockets. Theres Addy, who can become a very convincing boy when she needs to; the beautiful Bella, who can charm any rich young man out of his fortune; Sam, an escaped slave and Cato himself, a young boy, who Mother Hopkins has taught everything she knows.\r\n\r\nBut old age is slowing Mother Hopkins down, and she wants to carry out one last con, a con to outdo all the cons that have gone before. And so the gang set about bringing ruin upon Captain Walker, a proud and cruel slave captain, who deserves to be taught a lesson or two .