Heist Fiction

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 ...

Ned Kelly werkt als badmeester in een luxueus resort in Florida en ontmoet daar de vrouw van zijn dromen. Maar zij is gewend aan kaviaar en Manolo Blahniks, hij aan hamburgers en teenslippers. Dus als zijn neef hem probeert te betrekken bij zijn criminele plannen is Ned snel overstag. Het risico is groot, de beloning groter: $5 miljoen dollar. Maar de overval gaat vreselijk mis. Gedwongen zijn stad en de vrouw op wie hij verliefd is geworden achter te laten, realiseert Ned zich dat alleen afstand en geheimhouding zijn leven kunnen redden.

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.

«Последний суд» – очередной роман в серии восхитительных интеллектуальных детективов Йена Пирса о преступлениях в мире искусства, которые расследуют английский искусствовед Джонатан Аргайл, следователь Флавия ди Стефано и генерал Боттандо. Детективы Йена Пирса – это изысканное пиршество для души и мозга.

In the next installment of the swoon-worthy Princes of London series, Christy Carlyle takes readers on a heart-pounding hunt through Norfolk where a legendary treasure hunter and a fierce local woman battle over a Viking hoard, each determined to claim it for their own—and neither willing to...

For fans of Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Miranda July–and the darker edge of Breaking Bad and Uncut Gems–comes a whip-smart, irresistible debut novel about a college senior who has 48 hours to sell her recently deceased mother's surprise stash of rare pills, or suffer the consequences. Arvy...

Ein Roman, so schnell erzählt wie "Kill Bill" von Tarantino! Ein spektakulärer Kunstraub. Verschollene Gemälde. Eine kurdische Hochzeit. Ein Scharfschütze, der einen Schuss abfeuert. Eine Familie zwischen den Niederlanden und Kurdistan, für die nichts mehr ist, wie es war. Im Stil eines Actionfilms mit schnellen Cuts erzählt Cemile Sahin die Geschichte eines Verrats, von Liebe, Freundschaft und Leben im Exil, so auf der Höhe der Zeit, wie nur sie es kann.

Analise Van Rensberg is intent on revenge against the greedy Swakopmund Diamond Corporation whose jackbooted paramilitary security guards murdered her father and raped her mother. She recruits an ex-lover Kurt Hoeliche, a serving member of the South African Security Forces and a specialist in all things military. Together they look at the profiles of hundreds of people and choose just three, Tom Botha a specialist in Global Positioning Satellites and all things electronic and Margie Makabe, a first-class diamond cutter and grader, a specialist in all things to do with diamonds.

Ex-con artist Bee Cardello is going legit. Divorced from her mafia boss husband, she is determined to stay on the straight and narrow. So, when ex-hubby Charlie steals $37.5 million from a dangerous kingpin, who puts out a hit on Bee and her ten-year-old son Oliver, she finds herself pulled back into the life she's worked so hard to escape. Part of that old life being one Adam Gage, an old flame and all-round sexy badass who Charlie's now employed to keep her and Oliver safe. Well, that's what he tells her.

Mickey Blake was the best, able to open any safe with only his heightened sense of touch. For the last 18 years, he’s been retired, hiding out in Spain and trying to save his marriage. But now his wife is dying, he owes money to the wrong people and time is running out. Mickey meets Hazel when he returns to the UK for one last job—to open a huge vault inside a gangland casino. Before that, he needs to deal with a dead body, a corrupt undercover cop, an unhinged crime boss and a son that hates his guts. Can Mickey and Hazel get out clean?

In this exciting, hardboiled, action-packed crime thriller, Toni has five million dollars stashed in the back of her car that she needs to save her kidnapped husband Sam’s life. The money is the payoff from Sam and his partner’s brazen robbery of an underworld courier early this morning. She's being chased through the dark, deserted streets of modern-day Los Angeles by the tenacious, unstoppable courier; a desperate, violent killer who is willing to go to any extreme to get the money back and take their revenge on the robbers.

A London gang of criminals perfect an audacious train robbery, netting two million pounds in used banknotes destined for incineration. Things go wrong in the execution of the robbery near Newcastle, and that sets off a train of events that no one can control. Following the money is no use—since nobody knows where the money is, apart from Geordie Jones.

Amber Zeckis has just flown home to Phoenix after a dream vacation with her dream guy in Paris. But things go sour when she is stopped at the airport and US Customs finds a huge amount of undeclared cash in her luggage. The problem is, Amber has no idea where it came from. The authorities don't believe her and it's looking like she could be facing prison time and fines. She calls on her friends for help, and the Ladies are faced with their trickiest case yet.

Mary Holbrook and Sandy Warner are volunteering at Heaven Sent, a homeless shelter, and discover it has been the scene of some thefts. The Heist Ladies decide to investigate. At the same time there are some strange doings at the New Age establishment next door. The Temple of the Rising Moon is run by gurus Orion and Sunshine, a husband and wife team living in a converted school bus, who claim to be raising money to build homes for poor people. As the Ladies dig deeper, they discover the charity is suspect and the hippies aren't exactly who they claim to be either.

For Rem and Lem, thieving is an art form and the city of Perry is an ever expanding canvas for the twins to practice their artistic nature. The life of a thief is anything but dull in the epidemic-afflicted Perry. That strikes doubly true for the Pestelson twins. After burgling the wrong house, Rem and Lem are offered a position in the famed Touch organization.

“The ultimate ‘be gay, do crime’ thriller!”—Layne Fargo, bestselling author of The Favorites “Slick and sexy, with a delightful cast of characters and the eat-the-rich vibes we’re all craving.”—Alison Cochrun, author of Every Step She Takes Two rival conwomen team up on a...

A nearly flawless museum robbery, a missing million-dollar necklace, a stalled investigation. For the victim of the crime, the situation calls for desperate measures, and spunky 72-year-old Pen Fitzpatrick isn't going to sit by and do nothing. When the police have a dozen excuses why they can’t solve the crime, Pen does the only thing she can do - gather a group of friends to help catch the crooks and steal back the necklace. They call themselves The Heist Ladies.

Each man recognizes the shortcomings in his friend’s life without acknowledging the problems in his own—until Jake saves a mutual childhood friend in a roadside gunfight. Upon reflection, the two men determine that the most expedient way to right the wrongs in their mediocre lives is to rob a local insurance company. As their scheme unfolds, problems arise when the vengeful family of the men Jake killed comes after him in pursuit of old-west style vigilante justice.

After years of turmoil, things are finally looking up for Columbus, Ohio, private eye Andy Hayes. As Sick to Death opens, Andy is relishing his new gig: a drama-free, family-friendly stint as a guard at the Columbus Museum of Art. What could be better than regular hours, a steady paycheck, and an attractive coworker who may be just as interested in him as he is in her? Right on schedule, Andy's newfound equilibrium comes crashing down when he interrupts the theft of a valuable painting—and is promptly fired for breaking protocols.