Author: Dan Bilefsky
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393609529
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 304
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The definitive account of one of the most brazen jewel heists in history. Over Easter weekend 2015, a motley crew of six English thieves, several in their sixties and seventies, couldn’t resist coming out of retirement for one last career-topping heist. Their target: the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit, in the heart of London’s medieval diamond district. “The Firm” included Brian Reader, ringleader and legend in his own mind; Terry Perkins, a tough-as-nails career criminal but also a frail diabetic; Danny Jones, a fitness freak, crime enthusiast, and fabulist; Carl Wood, an extra pair of hands, and definitely more brawn than brains; John “Kenny” Collins, getaway driver, prone to falling asleep on the job; and the mysterious Basil, a red-wigged associate who has only now been identified. Perhaps not the smoothest of criminals—one took a public bus to the scene of the crime; another read Forensics for Dummies in hopes he would learn how to avoid getting caught—they planned the job over fish and chips at their favorite pubs. They were cantankerous and coarse, dubbed the “Bad Grandpas” by British tabloids, and were often as likely to complain about one another as the current state of the country. Still, these analog thieves in a digital age managed to disable a high-security alarm system and drill through twenty inches of reinforced concrete, walking away with a stunning haul of at least $19 million in jewels, gold, diamonds, family heirlooms, and cash. Veteran reporter and former London correspondent for the New York Times Dan Bilefsky draws on unrivaled access to the leading officers on the case at the Flying Squad, the legendary Scotland Yard unit that hunted the gang, as well as notorious criminals from London’s shadowy underworld, to offer a gripping account of how these unassuming criminal masterminds nearly pulled off one of the great heists of the century.
Author: Lyndon Hardy
Publisher: Lyndon Hardy
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 334
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Would Diana, the sorceress, ever get out from under the oppressive control by her uncle? Could Nicholas finally put behind himself his failures as a magician? How could Lionel dance through the perils of warring lords unscathed? Who were the magicians resposible for the recurring explosions? If they were not stopped, the entire world would be shattered into no more than cosmic dust. Written by New York Times Best Selling Author Lyndon Hardy. Volume 7 of the Magic by the Numbers series, each one of which is freestanding from the others. Can be read in any order.
Author: Tom Pettifor
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781910335451
Category : Burglars
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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TRUE STORIES. The extraordinary life of Brian Reader, Britain's most prolific thief, from the Kray era to Brink's-Mat and the Hatton Garden Heist. Branded The Master - and a Gentleman Thief - Brian is a true character from the old school of British crime. With exclusive access to those closest to him, this book follows his jailing earlier this year.
Author: Daryl Lee
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231850581
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 145
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A concise introduction to the genre about that one last big score, The Heist Film: Stealing With Style traces this crime thriller's development as both a dramatic and comic vehicle growing out of film noir (Criss Cross, The Killers, The Asphalt Jungle), mutating into sleek capers in the 1960s (Ocean's Eleven, Gambit, How to Steal a Million) and splashing across screens in the 2000s in remake after remake (The Thomas Crown Affair, The Italian Job, The Good Thief). Built around a series of case studies (Rififi, Bob le Flambeur, The Killing, The Lavender Hill Mob, The Getaway, the Ocean's trilogy), this volume explores why directors of such varied backgrounds, from studio regulars (Siodmak, Crichton, Siegel, Walsh and Wise) to independents (Anderson, Fuller, Kubrick, Ritchie and Soderbergh), are so drawn to this popular genre.
Author: DAHLIA. DONOVAN
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781925655759
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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One last heist. It should¿ve been easy. Crack a safe, steal from a villain, and go on vacation. The last thing Mack and Toshiro expect is to descend into a nightmare of betrayal. Mack Ueda-Easton loves three things: his husband, heists, and his odd family of friends. He lives life on the edge. The only cloud on his horizon is the degenerative disease stealing his sight. Toshiro Ueda-Easton tries to juggle his husband, his autistic sister, his interfering mother, and all of their heists. He knows they¿re spiraling out of control and the journey they¿re travelling can¿t last. What neither of them expect is to get catapulted straight into a dangerous conspiracy. They¿re now in a race to come out on top. If they fail, the consequences are unimaginable.
Author: Wayne Worcester
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493023306
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 273
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On Aug. 14, 1975, eight daring thieves ransacked 148 massive safe-deposit boxes at a secret bank used by organized crime, La Cosa Nostra, and its associates in Providence, R.I. The crooks fled with duffle bags crammed full of cash, gold, silver, stamps, coins, jewels and high-end jewelry. The true value of the loot has always been kept secret, partly because it was ill-gotten to begin with, and partly because there was plenty of incentive to keep its true worth out of the limelight. It's one thing for authorities to admit they didn't find a trace of goods worth from $3 million to $4 million, and entirely another when what was at stake was more accurately valued at about $30 million, the equivalent of $120 million today. It was the biggest single payday in the criminal history of the Northeast. Nobody came close, not the infamous James "Whitey" Bulger, not John "The Dapper Don" Gotti, not even the Brinks or Wells Fargo robbers. The heist was bold enough and big enough to rock the underworld to its core, and it left La Cosa Nostra in the region awash in turmoil that still reverberates nearly 38 years later. "The Last Good Heist" is the inside story of the robbery and its aftermath.
Author: Elise D'Haene
Publisher: Berkley Trade
ISBN: 9780425207567
Category : Erotic stories, American
Languages : en
Pages : 228
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The 35 million fans of TV's Red Shoe Diaries want more... Shatter the limits of erotic entertainment once again in this sensual quartet of tales inspired by the hit series-stories of men and women letting go and loving it. ...and we're giving it to them. In Just Like That, an orderly receptionist in a law firm has her world turned upside down when she meets two men. Together they're ompeting to fulfill her fantasies. Winner take all. In Another Woman's Lipstick, a woman who has discovered her husband's affair decides to secretly follow the lovers. Where it takes her s someplace she never dreamed she'd be. Someplace forbidden. In Talk to Me, Baby, a young woman catches her boyfriend cheating. Now he's proving his love in ways neither could have imagined. Plus, a special bonus story that takes sensual exploration to the utmost limits-Sex in the Hamptons,
Author: Kirk Wallace Johnson
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101981628
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 338
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As heard on NPR's This American Life “Absorbing . . . Though it's non-fiction, The Feather Thief contains many of the elements of a classic thriller.” —Maureen Corrigan, NPR’s Fresh Air “One of the most peculiar and memorable true-crime books ever.” —Christian Science Monitor A rollicking true-crime adventure and a captivating journey into an underground world of fanatical fly-tiers and plume peddlers, for readers of The Stranger in the Woods, The Lost City of Z, and The Orchid Thief. On a cool June evening in 2009, after performing a concert at London's Royal Academy of Music, twenty-year-old American flautist Edwin Rist boarded a train for a suburban outpost of the British Museum of Natural History. Home to one of the largest ornithological collections in the world, the Tring museum was full of rare bird specimens whose gorgeous feathers were worth staggering amounts of money to the men who shared Edwin's obsession: the Victorian art of salmon fly-tying. Once inside the museum, the champion fly-tier grabbed hundreds of bird skins—some collected 150 years earlier by a contemporary of Darwin's, Alfred Russel Wallace, who'd risked everything to gather them—and escaped into the darkness. Two years later, Kirk Wallace Johnson was waist high in a river in northern New Mexico when his fly-fishing guide told him about the heist. He was soon consumed by the strange case of the feather thief. What would possess a person to steal dead birds? Had Edwin paid the price for his crime? What became of the missing skins? In his search for answers, Johnson was catapulted into a years-long, worldwide investigation. The gripping story of a bizarre and shocking crime, and one man's relentless pursuit of justice, The Feather Thief is also a fascinating exploration of obsession, and man's destructive instinct to harvest the beauty of nature.
Author: M. J. Kuhn
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1982142162
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A thrilling fantasy debut—a high-stakes heist novel set in a gritty world of magic and malice, and perfect for fans of Six of Crows! In just over a year’s time, Ryia Cautella has already earned herself a reputation as the quickest, deadliest blade in the dockside city of Carrowwick—not to mention the sharpest tongue. But Ryia Cautella is not her real name. For the past six years, a deadly secret has kept her in hiding, running from town to town, doing whatever it takes to stay one step ahead of the formidable Guildmaster—the sovereign ruler of the five kingdoms of Thamorr. No matter how far or fast she travels, his servants never fail to track her down...but even the most powerful men can be defeated. Ryia’s path now leads directly into the heart of the Guildmaster’s stronghold, and against every instinct she has, it’s not a path she can walk alone. Forced to team up with a crew of assorted miscreants, smugglers, and thieves, Ryia must plan her next moves very carefully. If she succeeds, her freedom is won once and for all…but unfortunately for Ryia, her new allies are nearly as selfish as she is, and they all have plans of their own.
Author: Tobiusa Brown
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 90
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The Infamous Four find themselves on the Titan Police Department's radar yet again. An ultimatum unlike any other rekindles a flame once lost. With their lives on the line, this squadron of legendary criminals must pull off one last heist. "This is for all the marbles. Let the insanity begin my friends." Kiki Shiguri
