Dead Drop

by F.C. Malby

A fast-paced, intelligent thriller that exposes the undercover world of art heists and takes us on a roller-coaster ride through Vienna’s renowned galleries and museums as skilled art thief, Leisl, steals paintings for private collectors, until she comes up against a truth that makes her question everything she knows.

208 pages, Paperback

Published October 31, 2022

About the author

F. C. Malby is a novelist, poet and short fiction author. She won The People’s Book Awards, the Litro Flash Award and Publication of the Year in Spillwords Press. Her work has been widely published internationally, both online and in print.

Malby's poetry has appeared in various journals, magazines and podcasts, and she is a contributor to five print anthologies published by Pigeons Books for Pens of the Earth, Reflex Press, Unthank Books and Litro, alongside Pulitzer prize winner, Anthony Doerr.

She has travelled widely, teaching English in the Czech Republic, the Philippines and London. She has a first class joint honours degree in Geography and Education, is a qualified teacher, and has worked as a portrait and landscape photographer. She is also a reader for writing competitions, and has recently completed a master’s degree.

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Reviews

[Andrea Barton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dead Drop, by F.C. Malby, is a nail-biting thriller that makes you think. Liesl loves her solitary life as an art thief in Vienna, thriving on bursts of adrenaline from rehoming valuable artwork based on clandestine instructions from her illusive employer. But when one of her contacts ends up dead, she realises that she, too, may be in danger.
Dead Drop demonstrates that even art thieves have morals, and I found myself questioning the ethics of art ownership.