Fingersmith

Sarah Waters

May 2011 · Recorded Books · Narrated by Juanita McMahon

About this audiobook

New York Times best-selling author of Affinity (H1551), Sarah Waters was named Author of the Year at the 2003 British Book Awards. Fingersmith was shortlisted for the Orange Prize and the Booker Prize, and was chosen as book of the year 2002 by more organizations than any other novel. Orphaned as an infant, Susan Trinder was raised by Mrs. Sucksby, "mother" to a host of pickpockets and con artists. To pay her debt, she joins legendary thief Gentleman in swindling an innocent woman out of her inheritence. But the two women form an unanticipated bond and the events that follow will surprise every listener.

Ratings and reviews

Normally I'm pretty good at seeing a plot twist coming before it happens. This book caught me off guard multiple times. Very engaging story and a masterclass on building up and subverting expectations for the reader.

This is easily one of my favorite books and Sarah Waters is a phenomenal author, telling a gripping and passionate tale of two Victorian girls. Juanita McMahon is an amazing voice actress who, despite many similarly accented characters, easily differentiates between them all with no difficulty placing them for the listener.