Book guide
Fingersmith
A Victorian thief’s con on an heiress becomes a trap of desire and deception.
Genre and trope pairingsHistoricalLGBTQ+HistoricalBetrayalHistoricalHidden identityHistoricalClass divideCrimeBetrayalCrimeHidden identityCrimeHeistThrillerBetrayalThrillerHidden identityThrillerMind gamesMysteryHidden identity
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About Fingersmith
Sue Trinder, raised among London thieves, is drawn into a scheme to defraud the wealthy Maud Lilly by posing as her maid. Waters twists crime, gothic suspense and intimacy into a layered Victorian tale of fraud, identity and betrayal.
Reading signals
- Spice
- Medium
- Darkness
- Dark
- Pacing
- Balanced
Content warnings
- sexual assault
- alcohol abuse
- blood
- death of parent
- murder
- torture
- wrongful incarceration
- kidnapping
- animal cruelty
- bullying
- forced institutionalization
- child abuse
- medical abuse
- ableism
- child sexual exploitation
- sexual content
