"A remarkably assured debut" Sunday Times
"This is as much a novel as a reckoning." New York Times
The characters are alluring and ... engaging. So too are the emotional struggles the crew endure as they try to balance duty to family with their love for China and the need to understand their own personalities." Literary Review
"This is the heist novel we deserve. Brilliantly twisty and yet so contemplative [...] this book will continue to haunt you long after you''ve reached the end."
-Jesse Q. Sutanto, author of Dial A for Aunties
"Portrait of a Thief was everything I imagined and more. The writing felt close and intimate and the characters felt like portraits themselves, bursting with life and delicately human."
-Morgan Rogers, author of Honey Girl
"Grace D. Li is a virtuosic storyteller [...] the most
