Within this tantalizing thriller from #1 NY Times bestselling author Sandra Brown, a woman, seeking to learn her father’s involvement inside a twenty-year-old heist that finished in murder, operates afoul of his accomplices.Twenty years ago in the lifeless of evening, four seemingly arbitrary individuals pulled the ultimate heist and almost walked away with half of a million dollars. But by daybreak, their plan have been shot to hell. One of these was in a healthcare facility. One was in prison. One was dead. And one got away about Heavy as Thieves with it.Arden Maxwell, the girl of the person who disappeared those years back — presumably with the money, following murdering his accomplice — has never reconciled with her father’s abandonment of her and her sister. After countless personal setbacks she decides to return to her family home near strange Caddo Lake, and lastly get answers to the many queries that torment her. Small does she understand, two of her father’s co-conspirators — a battle hero and a corrupt district attorney — are watching her every move.Ledge Burnet, a rebellious teenager during the heist, evaded his jail word by enlisting in the army. Now he’s back in town to care for his ailing dad — and to keep his eye for the county’s corrupt region lawyer, whom he suspects was the real murderer. Although the two are destined to silence due to the criminal offense they committed together, each provides spent years waiting around and hoping that this other will make a fatal misstep. But the arrival of their elusive accomplice’s child, Arden, who may learn about the lacking cash than she’s informing, sets them both on reddish colored alert. She ignites Ledge’s determination to expose the D.A.’s treachery . and sparks a desire he wants to deny.