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 writes novels, short stories, and poetry. Her debut novel, Take Me to the Castle, is set in the Czech Republic and won The People’s Book Awards. Her second novel, Dead Drop, set in Vienna, is a lyrical, daring thriller about the undercover world of art crime. Her debut short story collection, My Brother Was a Kangaroo, includes award-winning stories published in literary magazines and journals worldwide.

F. C. Malby's second collection of short stories, A Place of Unfinished Sentences, is intense, beautifully realised, and ice-sharp, and is forthcoming in 2024. She is a contributor to four print anthologies. The forth is forthcoming with Pens of the Earth in Oct 2024. Her poetry has appeared in various journals, magazines and podcasts, and she is a reader for writing competitions in various literary journals.

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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.