FromUSA Todaybestselling author Heather Webb comes a historical novel with a blistering outlook: maybe womencanhave it all, as long as they’re willing to steal it

1925. London. When Alice Diamond, AKA “Diamond Annie,” is elected the Queen of the Forty Elephants, shes determined to take the all-girl gang to new heights. Shes ambitious, tough as nails, and a brilliant mastermind, with a plan to create a dynasty the likes of which no one has ever seen. Alice demands absolute loyalty from her familyits how she’s always kept the cops in line. Too bad she’s now the target for one Britains first female policewomen.

Officer Lilian Wyles isnt merely one of the first female detectives at Scotland Yard, shes one of the best detectives on the force. Even so, shell have to accomplish something huge to prove herself, to break free from the womens work shes been assigned. When she hears about the large-scale heist in the works to fund Alice’s new dynasty, she realizes she has the chance she’s been looking forand the added bonus of putting Diamond Annie out of business permanently.

A tale of dark glamour and sisterhood,Queens of Londonis a look at Britains first female crime syndicate, the ever-shifting meaning of justice, and the way women claim their power by any means necessary.