’Til Heist Do Us Part

Desai delivers another fun, fast-paced Simi Chopra novel (after To Have and To Heist) that perfectly blends humor, suspense, and romance. This latest installment picks up a year after Simi and her misfit heist crew successfully stole a high-priced diamond necklace with the help of Simi’s on-again, off-again romantic partner, Jack Danger. When a Chicago mob boss demands the jewels back, the crew is forced to reunite, only this time, one of the pieces is in the hands of Jack’s ex, a master thief who is out for revenge and isn’t above using blackmail to get it. In exchange for her cooperation, Simi, Jack, and the crew have to pull off their most ambitious con yet, which may just cost someone their life. This dual-perspective, second-chance, interracial heist romance is full of found family, mob bosses, exes, motorcycle gangs, serial killers, kidnappings, fake deaths, fake funerals, and near-death moments. It is excellently narrated by Soneela Nankani and Andrew Eiden, who truly bring Simi’s and Jack’s characters’ chemistry and humor to life.