Request #312 From Jayne

I have had this book pop into my head many times in the last few years and could never find it! I was born in 1997, I think I read it in the mid- to late-2000s but don’t know when I would have been published. Believe it was in the genres of realistic fiction / youth or young adult / potentially historical fiction bc it was placed before a lot of medical advancement? I think it was also a series! A couple books? Plot…. What I think I remember…. Thief / lower class man fell through ceiling glass section of roof when fleeing from being chased. A doctor (?) ended up fixing all his injuries and paid him to be an example during his lectures of the techniques he used. Eventually after healing and making money, he becomes more middle/upper class. I think he continues to do crime but people don’t expect him bc he looks like he wouldn’t be a thief. I think that is the gist of the first book but there is a sequel or two beyond that. Cover: vaguely remember black and red, nothing else.