First published 2021
Lucky Armstrong has just scored the biggest con of her career. She and her boyfriend Cary walked away with a million dollars, and Lucky is ready to disappear into a new identity. Then everything falls apart. Cary vanishes, leaving Lucky to navigate alone for the first time in her life. She bought a lottery ticket on impulse, and it turns out to be worth millions. But Lucky faces an impossible choice. If she claims the prize, the authorities will track her down and arrest her for the heist. She needs the money to build a legitimate future, but collecting it means prison. As Lucky dodges the law, she realizes she must face the people who shaped her into a criminal. She sets out to find her mother, who left when Lucky was an infant. She needs to make peace with her father, who taught her to run cons. And she has to reckon with Cary, whose own secrets are closing in on both of them. Lucky discovers that breaking free from her past requires more than just good fortune.
Genres: fiction, mystery, crime, contemporary
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: deception, unreliable-narrator
256 pages · Paperback · Simon & Schuster Canada