When Katarina Bishop ws three, her parents took her on a trip to the Louvre ? to case it. For her seventh birthday, Katarina and her Uncle Eddie travelled to Australia ? to steal the crown jewels. When Kat turned fifteen, she planned a con of her own - scamming her way into the best boarding schook in the country, determined to leave the family business behind. Unfortunately, leaving 'the life' fo ra normal life proves harder than she'd expected. Soon, Kat's friend and former co-conspirator, Hale, appears out of nowehrer to bring her back into the world she tried so hard to escape. But he has good reason: a powerful mobster has been robeed of his priceless art collectioon and wants to retrieve it. Only a master thief could have pulled this job, and Kat's father isn't just on the suspect list, he IS the list. Caught between Interpol and a far more deadly enemy, Kat's dad needs her help. For Kat there is only one solution: track down the paintings and steal them back. So what if it's a spectacularly impossible job? She's got two weeks, a teenage crew, and hopefully just enough talent to pull off the biggest heist in her family's history - and, with any luck, steal her life back along the way.