Well written fantasy with a pleasing complexity that came nicely together. With multiple points of view, we follow theatre folk, others from town and various of the antagonistic Red Kites (some more sympathetic than others). As you might expect from the title, this is predominantly a heist story, and it was a lot of fun seeing in how many ways the group’s plans could go awry, forcing them to scramble to keep up.

The prose was tidy, and I didn’t particularly notice any typos. There was a bit of skipping back and forth in the timeline as one character had something unexpected happen, with the next scene being another character going through whatever led up to the unusual event. This style of retrospective explanation took a bit of getting used to, although I can understand why the author used it.

Highly recommended.