Heist Society Books in Order

The Heist Society series drops readers into a world where priceless art rarely stays where museums think it belongs. Its heroine, Katarina “Kat” Bishop, was raised in an international family of thieves who specialize in high-end jobs. By the time most kids are worrying about ninth-grade lockers, Kat has already helped con her way into the Louvre.

At the start of Heist Society, Kat wants out. She has conned her way into an ordinary boarding school and is trying to retire from the family business. That resolve lasts until a powerful mobster’s paintings disappear and Kat’s father is blamed. To clear his name, Kat agrees to do the impossible: identify the real thief and steal the paintings back from one of the most secure museums in the world.

Kat never works alone. Her crew includes Hale, a billionaire with a talent for charm; Gabrielle, a glamorous cousin who can talk her way past any guard; and a rotating cast of cousins and friends who handle everything from explosions to forgery. Their heists bounce from New York to London to the Italian countryside, giving the books a glossy, caper-movie feel.

In Uncommon Criminals, Kat is hired to swipe the legendary Cleopatra Emerald, a gem with a curse, a tangle of owners, and more than one person claiming the moral high ground. When the job goes sideways, she has to admit that even a thief who steals for “good” reasons can be conned in turn. Perfect Scoundrels pulls the focus tighter on Hale, whose family company becomes the center of a complicated financial scam, forcing Kat to decide how far she will go to protect someone she loves.

Mixed into the action are questions about loyalty and justice. Kat’s jobs often involve returning stolen art to families who lost it in war or theft, and the line between crime and restitution is rarely clean. Carter lets the characters joke and flirt their way through tight spots, but she also lets them feel the weight of what they do.

The crossover novella Double Crossed brings this world together with the Gallagher Girls, pairing Hale with spy-in-training Macey McHenry at a high-society gala that turns deadly. It is a quick way for readers to see how the heist crew and the spy girls mirror each other, all of them teenagers operating in adult spaces, trying to rewrite the rules from the inside.