Second Pocket First

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In the tradition of the great comic novels <em>Second Pocket First</em> presents Issey quite possibly the world's worst burglar but nevertheless a five-finger-discount artist of cutthroat sartorial principle innumerable maddening affectations and a sterling code of honor and follows his crooked path across New England as he seeks to relieve the solid citizens of its burgs and hamlets of their worldly goods a path that will lead him to his destiny. -Janet Peery National Book Award Finalist</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Issey considers himself a masterful and elegant thief. He's just as meticulous with his lockpicking tools as he is with his ankle boots and slimming turtlenecks. He's also easily confused stupid and maybe not so good at being a thief.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Unforeseen circumstances bring him back to his childhood town the wonderland that is Vermont's Bell River Valley. With the holidays on the horizon he sets his sights on the town's open doors. But just as his thieving begins with accompanying shapewear and accessories something unexpected happens-he falls backwards into becoming the town hero. The sudden hero role ushers in wealth adoration and a love interest so mysterious he hardly knows her name.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>However before he can get too cozy an uninvited associate from his past reappears-as does every last item Issey has ever stolen.</span></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Second Pocket First</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> shoehorns comedy crime and small-town charm into this delightful romp as Issey must decide between old habits and a sudden devotion to the town's goodwill.</span></p>