num_pages: 548
description: Growing up as a foster child among a family of thieves, orphan Sue Trinder hopes to pay back that kindness by playing a key role in a swindle scheme devised by their leader, Gentleman, who is planning to con a fortune out of the naive Maud Lily, but Sue's growing pity for their helpless victim could destroy the plot.
language: English
title: Fingersmith
titlecomplete: Fingersmith
characters: Maud Lilly, Mrs. Sucksby, Gentleman, Sue Trinder
genres: Historical, Queer, Gothic, Adult, LGBT, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Lesbian, Mystery, Romance
ratings_count: 103079
places: London, England
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Booker Prize, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Stonewall Book Award
category: Literature, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Orange Prize
category: Fiction Shortlist, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: CWA Ellis Peters Historical Award, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Lambda Literary Award
category: Lesbian Fiction, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: このミステリーがすごい！
category: Best Translated Mystery Novel of the Year in Japan
publisher: London: Virago Press, 2002.