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21) Key Witness
Author
Series
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"After witnessing an armed robbery, a woman in danger needs a bodyguard's protection in this suspenseful romance from USA TODAY bestselling author Christy Barritt, part of The Security Experts series. When Elle Philips witnesses an armed robbery while standing in line at the bank, she sets into motion a deadly game of cat and mouse. Mark Denton, a security contractor and former Navy SEAL, also witnesses the robbery, and is hired by Elle's father to...
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Why is the highwayman largely perceived as a romantic, glamorous, and gallant figure? How is it that men who were really nothing more than bandits, who were often gratuitously violent, sometimes murderers and rapists as well, have become the swashbuckling heroes of history? To put their roles in context, the book probes into the economic, social, and technological factors that at certain times made highway robbery highly lucrative and which help to...
24) Watch your back!
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Master criminal John Dortmunder and New York fence Arnie Albright plan the million-dollar robbery of valuable artworks in the penthouse of Preston Fareweather; however, their plans are overheard by members of the mob who have plans of their own.
Author
Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Mistaken identity and intrigue abound in this classic mystery tale In the midst of a high-society masquerade ball, someone pulls off a daring heist. Several gold plates have been stolen, their value estimated at $15,000. Even more shocking is the fact that the crime seems to have been committed by a guest attired as a burglar, the costume complete with a loaded revolver! Hiding in plain sight, the thief escapes with his loot and drives off with his...
27) The bank job
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Based on the greatest heist in British history, small-time crook Terry Leather takes on a bank heist when an old friend offers him an inside track to the vault. Along with his hastily assembled team of low-rung criminals, Terry finds himself the target of ruthless mobsters, the police, government officials at the highest level, and even the royal family.
Author
Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A riveting and frequently hilarious insider account of one of the twentieth century's most outrageous capers. On the evening of January 17, 1950, armed robbers wearing Captain Marvel masks entered the Brink's Armored Car building in Boston, Massachusetts. They walked out less than an hour later with more than $2.7 million in cash and securities. It was a brazen and expertly executed theft that captured the imaginations of millions of Americans...
Author
Publisher
Graydon House
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Mrs. King is no ordinary housekeeper. Born into a world of con artists and thieves, she's made herself respectable, running the grandest home in Mayfair. The place is packed with treasures, a glittering symbol of wealth and power, but dark secrets lurk in the shadows. When Mrs. King is suddenly dismissed from her position, she recruits an eclectic group of women to join her in revenge: A black market queen out to settle her scores. An actress desperate...
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
The fur starts flying when a gang from L.A. comes up to tranquil Molena Point, California, and begins breaking into the village's quaint shops. The fur of Joe Grey, Feline P.I., that is. After all, Molena Point has been his home since he was a kitten eating scraps from the garbage behind the local delicatessen, and he doesn't take well to marauding strangers. Joe even wonders whether the blonde who's moved into next to his human companion Clyde could...
31) Heat
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Vincent Hanna is a brilliant L.A. cop following the trail from a deadly armed robbery to a crew headed by master thief Neil McCauley. The trouble is, McCauley's expertise is at least equal to Hanna's.
33) Unseelie
Author
Series
Publisher
Inkyard Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
"An autistic changeling trying to navigate her unpredictable magic, Seelie finds it difficult to fit in with the humans around her, unlike her twin sister, until they both get caught up in a heist gone wrong that changes everything"--
34) Undercover Bride
Author
Series
Undercover ladies volume 2
Publisher
Barbour Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Pinkerton detective Maggie Cartwright is tasked with going undercover as a mail-order bride. Her "fiance" is widower Garrett Thomas, aka the suspected Whistle-Stop Bandit. No sooner does Maggie arrive in Arizona Territory when she's confronted with an early wedding date--the clock is ticking on her detective work or she may end up a criminal's wife! Garrett Thomas is immediately smitten with the blue-eyed beauty and feels the need to protect her--especially...
35) The Italian job
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
A gang of robbers, lead by career criminal Charlie Croker create the largest traffic jam in Los Angeles history, giving them time to pull off a theft of gold bullion.
36) Ocean's 8
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Debbie Ocean, the estranged sister of infamous criminal mastermind Danny Ocean, seeks to carry on the family business by plotting an enormous heist on New York's annual Met Gala. After being released from prison, Debbie recruits her best friend Lou to set out and assemble a team of larcenists. This hodgepodge, seven-member team includes everyone from a street pick-pocket, a computer hacker, and a jewelry expert. The women band together to infiltrate...
Author
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"The shocking true story of a diamond theft gone wrong offers a fascinating glimpse at the cultural currents of 1930s London. In December 1937, four young men, all products of elite English schools, lured a Cartier diamond salesman to the luxurious Hyde Park Hotel. There, the "Mayfair men" brutally bludgeoned the man and made off with eight rings that today would be worth approximately half a million pounds. The press had a field day with the story,...
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
"Edgar Award nominee for Best Juvenile Mystery The book is about, among other things: the strongest boy in the world, a talking cockatoo, a faulty mind reader, a beautiful bearded lady and a nervous magician, an old museum, and a shrunken head. Blessed with extraordinary abilities, orphans Philippa, Sam, and Thomas have grown up happily in Dumfrey's Dime Museum of Freaks, Oddities, and Wonders. But when a fourth child, Max, a knife-thrower, joins...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Completing J. North Conway's widely acclaimed trilogy of Gilded Age New York City Crime-following King of Heists and The Big Policeman-Bag of Bones combines the era's affluence, decadence, and corruption with a gruesome deed fit for the tabloids of today. In 1878, the body of multi-millionaire A. T. Stewart was stolen from St. Mark's Churchyard. The ghoulish crime, the chase for the culprits, the years-long ransom negotiations, and the demise of the...
40) Goodfellas
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Formats
Description
For as long as he could remember, Henry Hill wanted to be a gangster. So, when he was 12 years old, he started running errands for the neighborhood wiseguy and extortionist, "Paulie" Cicero. By the time he was 21, Henry had made a name for himself and had a good life by stealing and reselling cargo. Along with Jimmy "The Gent" Conway and Tommy DeVito, Henry organizes and executes heists, big and small, for their boss and protector, Paulie. He marries...
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