Crime Heist

Set in 1905 Paris, Arsène Lupin is outed for stealing a woman’s jewels on board a ship sailing to America and is subsequently arrested. But as someone who is an enemy to the establishment, and plays only by his own rules, Arsène soon proves himself to be as dangerous behind bars as he was outside of them… As gripping as it is fast paced, this audiobook edition is compelling narrated by Rupert Degas.

Told always with wit, candidness and a shade of pride, these remarkable stories see Lupin as a master criminal, lead detective, hopeless romantic and even champion of justice. Including ‘Two Hundred Thousand Francs Reward!’ in which Lupin offers a reward for the capture of himself, and ‘The Invisible Prisoner’ where he investigates the case of a man who mysteriously disappeared from a locked room, this brilliantly entertaining collection cements itself as a classic of the crime genre.

Sull'isola della Ginestra, un piccolo scoglio verde al centro di un lago, la villa della famiglia Reffi è il rifugio sicuro per il vecchio Antonio, medico otorino dall'ironia affilata, e i suoi due figli. Carla, la maggiore, si dedica alla scrittura tra le frecciatine del genitore. Celestino, il fratello minore, è diventato medico per esaudire le preghiere del padre ma preferisce rivolgere il suo intuito alla matematica. Con i cugini spiantati Vittorio e Jole e le due domestiche, gli abitanti del Ginestrin sono al completo.

Shotguns and Stagecoaches tells the true stories of the Wild West heroes who guarded the iconic Wells Fargo stagecoaches and trains, battling colorful thieves, vicious highwaymen, and robbers armed with explosives....

Female FBI Agent Charlie Glass is assigned to recover treasures stolen from the Baghdad Museum during the Iraq War. The suspense explodes when she uncovers an international crime syndicate within her own team. Mysterious murders and bitter betrayals plunge Charlie into a deadly fight for survival.

Heist Thriller is a pulse-pounding journey into the world of high-stakes crime. Set against a backdrop of shadowy alleys and opulent vaults, this gripping novel follows a team of master thieves who come together for a daring heist.

In this breathtaking adventure, featuring colorful characters from showbusiness alongside royalty, the IRA and even Pablo Escobar, Clifford Thurlow reveals Keith Cheeseman's incredible true story for the first time.

Erlebe den berühmten Fall „The Ralston Bank Burglary" aus Jacques Futrelles Thinking‑Machine‑Reihe, meisterhaft gelesen von Alexander Wohnhaas. In dieser klassischen Kurzgeschichte wird die Ralston National Bank Opfer eines scheinbar unmöglichen Einbruchs, bei dem 129 000 $ verschwinden und der Nachtwächter bindet und geknebelt zurückbleibt.

With Commander Kieron Phillips very much looking forward to holidaying on the ocean waves and the chance to catch up with his daughter, a dancer onboard the cruise ship he’s just embarked, Stuart St Paul sets the scene for his action-packed thriller, Cruise Ship Heist. Realizing all too quickly that there was nothing coincidental about him being on board this specific voyage, Commander Phillips brings into play the full arsenal of his military background, in order to return the MV Lady Diana to holiday mode.

SSH is a Heist tell all journal, based on real events. The book follows the step by step decision and thoughts that allow Allen Miles, AKA Mark Douglas to pull off a successful secret heist. He depicts how instead of receiving a bailout during the 2008 recession, he carved out his own piece of the American dream pie and ate it too. Allen was able to start with a small illegal operation, cultivating it into many legit streams of money, helping many along the way.

Understand the background behind a historic theft of ether. Dive into the Ethereum blockchain that hosts smart contracts. Learn more about the team that established Ethereum and kept it alive. Keep pace with what’s happening in blockchain and what the financial future may hold. The potential of blockchain to transform industries, from finance to health care, has garnered the attention of corporations and individuals all over the world. A heist of millions demands evaluation.

Es geht um hohe Summen. Geld, das aus Geldtransportern geraubt wird: Doch es fehlt noch mehr, wie die Ermittler Eichborn und Wagner schnell feststellen müssen. Innerhalb weniger Monate werden mehrere Geldtransporter überfallen. Sie hatten jedes Mal eine außergewöhnlich hohe Summe Bargeld geladen. Als Eichborn und Wagner die Ermittlungen aufnehmen, stellt sich schnell heraus, dass es hier um weit mehr als Raub geht. Denn nicht nur Geld wurde gestohlen: Eine Woche vor den Überfällen verschwanden jeweils die Ehefrauen der Männer, die die Geldtransporter ausraubten ...

It’s summer in New York City and Faye Walker has it all. She’s not only scored one of the most highly coveted internships in all of Wall Street, she’s also just met the head-over-heels love of her life. With her natural-born gift for numbers and a work ethic that knows no bounds, Faye is a shoo-in for a full-time position at the illustrious merchant bank Greene Brothers Hale. Then, just as she awaits her offer and her signing bonus, a treacherous betrayal arrives to shatter Faye’s plans and her young life.

A security van heist goes disastrously wrong, and three women are left widowed. When Dolly Rawlins discovers her gang boss husband's plans for the failed hijack, an idea starts to form. Could she and the other wives finish the job their husbands started? As the women rehearse the raid, it becomes clear that someone else must have been involved. But only three bodies were found in the wreckage. Who was the fourth man? And where is he now?

Gideon Sable—master thief, con artist and self-proclaimed vigilante—faces a challenge he can't refuse. His client, the former Head of the British Rocketry Group, Professor Neil Sharpe, wants him to break into the Preserve. Once inside, Gideon and his crew of supernatural misfits can get any mystical artefact they desire out of the Preserve's collection. The catch? To reach it, they must go through the treacherous Box Tunnel complex and not only face trained guards and booby traps but steal something that can't normally be stolen—a ghost!

Londres, 1851. Rick Hunter, ancien botaniste devenu chausseur de primes, est animé d’un désir : retrouver ceux qui ont assassiné sa femme. Son unique piste, une boutique de fleurs des beaux quartiers, Passion d’Orient, et une aristocrate, Daphne Loveray, mathématicienne renommée d’une grande beauté. Alors que la ville s’apprête à accueillir l’Exposition universelle, la mort frappe à plusieurs reprises autour de Passion d’Orient...

Los Angeles burglar Junior Bender has a rule about never taking a job that pays too well: In the criminal underworld, if you’re offered more money than a job is worth, someone is going to end up dead. But he’s bending his rule this one time because he and his girlfriend, Ronnie, are in desperate need of cash to hire a kidnapper to snatch Ronnie’s two-year-old son back from her ex. The whole thing is pretty complicated and has Junior on edge.

After the heists gone wrong in Kickback and Paydirt, Wyatt is further down on his luck and deeper in with the Outfit, a network of organised criminals whose attention he's tried hard to avoid. A risky job in a Brisbane bank and the return of a femme fatale add further complications to Wyatt's increasingly desperate situation and force him to decide who he is and who he cares about.

Master burglars Harper and Salsa thought they were on easy street forever. Then they heard about the private casino on a mysterious island in the Florida Keys, and the millions in lost Nazi gold propping up the whole enterprise.

On a Sunday evening in December 2004, two young men were at home with their families. Both worked for the Northern Bank’s cash centre in Belfast. They heard knocks on their front doors. Within a few minutes, masked men invaded their homes, overpowered their loved ones and disabled their electronic devices. It was made clear to the two bank officials that they had a choice: do what they were told or their families would die. In the wake of the twentieth anniversary of this bizarre robbery, Glenn Patterson builds on his popular BBC podcast to shed new light on the story of the infamous heist.