Book Beginnings & Friday 56 -- Uncommon Criminals by Ally Carter

Book Beginnings on Friday is a meme hosted by A Few More Pages. Anyone can participate; just share the opening sentence, or two, of your current read, making sure that you include the title and author so others know what you're reading.  

Moscow can be a cold, hard place in winter.  But the big old house on Tverskoy Boulevard had always seemed immune to these particular facts, the way it had seemed immune to many things throughout the years.

The Friday 56 is a weekly meme hosted by Freda's Voice. Check out the rules and join in the fun.

Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
Turn to page 56.
Find the fifth sentence.
Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or (if you do not have your own blog) in the comments section of this blog. Post a link along with your post back to this blog.

Page 56 is blank & page 57 starts a new section entitled:

2 days before the emerald arrives

Somewhere in Austria

This is the second in Ally Carter's Heist Society series.  I know they are frequently compared to Ocean's Eleven but the comparison is spot on -- this one had a little less of that ridiculous (but potentially wonderful) kind of streamlined hijinks, but still a fun book.