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    The Thief: Gameshouse Novella 2

    Written by Claire North

    Narrated by Peter Kenny

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    About this audiobook

    The Gameshouse is an unusual institution.

    Many know it as the place where fortunes can be made and lost through games of chess, backgammon - every game under the sun.

    But a select few, who are picked to compete in the higher league, know that some games are played for higher stakes - those of politics and empires, of economics and kings . . .

    In 1930s Bangkok, one higher league player has just been challenged to a game of hide and seek. The board is all of Thailand - and the seeker may use any means possible to hunt down his quarry - be it police, government, strangers or even spies . . .
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHachette Audio
    Release dateNov 3, 2015
    ISBN9781478907954
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    • 4/5
      The Thief is the second book in North’s Gameshouse series, a trilogy of novellas. I would recommending reading the prior story, The Serpent, before picking up The Thief. The Gameshouse contains two levels, one where ordinary games are played and a more exclusive one with games of a much more extraordinary sort…Remy Burke is a veteran player of the Gameshouse. Then one night he gets drunk and makes an unwise bet – his memories on a game of hide and seek. The playing board? All of Thailand, 1938. The odds are stacked against him, but he must win if he wants to keep his mind.The Thief is far more fast paced than its predecessor. The story starts about twenty minutes before the game, with Remy waking up in his hotel room and remembering what’s at stake. For most of the book, he’s on the run from his incredibly (and unfairly) powerful opponent. He’s a six foot tall white man trying to remain unnoticed in pre-WWII Thailand. While the plot had the greater focus, there were some nice character moments as well.Elements in The Thief are building up to a likely show down in the final installment. The Gameshouse is not as fair or impartial as it claims to be, and one man is gathering the resources to challenge it.As ever with Claire North, the writing is lovely. She’s dropped some of the stylistic experimentations from The Serpent, such as the use of dashes instead of quotation marks. I think this was the right call, but I still like the use of the mysterious and invisible beings who narrate.The Gameshouse series is heading some interesting places, and I look forward to reading the last story.Originally posted on The Illustrated Page.