A Nest of Vipers
'Characterful, page-turning drama and a vivid mixture of research and imagination' — The Sunday Times
A gripping tale of a group of larger-than-life con artists who roam the streets of eighteenth-century London.
Cato Hopkins is the youngest member of Mother Hopkins's 'family' — a group of skilled fraudsters and pickpockets. There's 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.
But 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 .
- Author
- Catherine Johnson
- Format
- paperback
- Pages
- 256
- Series
- A Puffin Book
- Publisher
- Puffin
- Language
- english
- ISBN
- 978-0-241-51487-0
- EAN
- 9780241514870
- Release date
- 2021
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