Heists & Robberies

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451495693Author Ryan JacobsFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Clarkson PotterPublisher Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904587453Author Paul WillettsFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Dewi Lewis PublishingPublisher Dewi Lewis PublishingWeight(grams) 426g

Joe Exotic, star of the Netflix original documentary that "consumed the pop-cultural imagination" (The Atlantic) and transfixed a nation in the midst of a global crisis, opens up about his outlandish journey from Midwestern farmer to infamous Tiger King,...

Unsolved Crimes, Cold Cases, and Mysterious Stories"Haunting and heartbreaking, The Best New True Crime Stories: Unsolved Crimes & Mysteries lives up to its title, and is a must-read for true crime aficionados..."-Alex Finlay, author of Every Last Fear...

If you read one book on the Mona Lisa, let this be it. From the artwork to its theft and role in popular culture, The Thefts of the Mona Lisa provides the complete story, as written by a best-selling, Pulitzer finalist.Leonardo da Vinci's portrait,...

Infamous Criminals Caught in True Crime Cases Actors, musicians, TV personalities, and other public figures in the spotlight aren't always who they appear to be. You might be surprised by just how many have led nefarious, double lives, and have become...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060531188Author Edward DolnickFormat PaperbackPage Count 270Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 286g

From the international bestselling author of Dexter comes a brilliant new thriller starring Riley Wolfe: a master thief, expert at disguise, and not averse to violence when it's needed.'The Dexter creator's new hero-thief is a blast . . . Far-fetched,...

Wickedly funny. Wildly twisty. The new book from the master of the heist novel. "A super-thief who leaves no trace."-Andy Garcia "An anti-hero for our times."-Sarah Dunn "A can't-miss master."-David Baldacci Super thief Riley Wolfe can do it all. He is a...

"Right out of the gate, the entire game was designed to empty the pockets of those rich, celeb-loving LA suckers."-Houston Curtis Leonardo DiCaprio. Alex Rodriguez. Tobey Maguire. Affleck. Damon. Cassavetes. What do these people have in common? Not...

Why does the notorious highwayman Dick Turpin have such an extraordinary reputation today? How come his criminal career has inspired a profusion of often misleading literature and film? This eighteenth-century villain is often portrayed as a hero -...

'A gripping and compelling story . . . Deeply addictive and simmering with tension, THE LAST RESORT had me breathlessly turning the pages all the way through to its explosive conclusion.' - Lucy Clarke, author of The CastawaysYou can ignore the truth,...

Wickedly funny. Wildly twisty. The new book from the master of the heist novel. "A super-thief who leaves no trace."-Andy Garcia "An anti-hero for our times."-Sarah Dunn "A can't-miss master."-David Baldacci Super thief Riley Wolfe can do it all. He is a...

It is 2007, a time of recession and impending climate crisis, and one young man decides to change the world.Meet Stephen Jackley, a British geography student with Asperger's Syndrome. Aged just twenty-one, obsessed with the idea of Robin Hood, and with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062918000Author Doris PayneFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

The thrilling story of a brazen, uncatchable jewel thief who roamed the homes of Dallas high society—and a window into the dark secrets lurking beneath the surface of the Swinging Sixties.As a string of high profile jewel thefts went unsolved during the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781942586821Author John And Nancy LankenauFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Little Creek PressPublisher Little Creek PressWeight(grams) 567g

'The largest financial scam ever' - Fortune'The bizarre case of OneCoin illustrates how easily a classic scam could be reinvented for the digital age' - Financial Times'The story of OneCoin stands out even among the outlandish capers of the...

This book tells the previously untold stories of six major art thefts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, written by its former Chief Security Officer, John Barelli. Reader will be taken into the loading docks and curatorial offices, to the...

The sensational true story of how a bank robber killed a man in a wild shootout, sparking a national debate around gun control and the death penalty.WINNER of the 2022 Brass Knuckles Award for Best Nonfiction Crime BookOn July 24, 1964,...

King of Heists is a spellbinding and unprecedented account of the greatest bank robbery in American history, which took place on October 27, 1878, when thieves broke into the Manhattan Savings Institution and stole nearly $3 million in cash and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780645227796Author Barry GoodeFormat PaperbackPage Count 246Imprint Ark House PressPublisher Ark House PressWeight(grams) 181g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781953787040Author Michelle TookerFormat PaperbackPage Count 310Imprint Beguile MediaPublisher Beguile MediaWeight(grams) 494gDimensions(mm) 244mm * 170mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798986738734Author C Joan BakerFormat HardbackPage Count 218Imprint Sight Line Communications, LLCPublisher Sight Line Communications, LLCWeight(grams) 463g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798985600445Author Antonio J HigginsFormat PaperbackPage Count 116Imprint PublishdrivePublisher PublishdriveWeight(grams) 163g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798986337012Author Susan ParrottFormat PaperbackPage Count 292Imprint Susan ParrottPublisher Susan ParrottWeight(grams) 372g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781943995837Author Tom CarrFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Mission Point PressPublisher Mission Point PressWeight(grams) 218g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789655786408Author John OrlenFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint BooxaiPublisher BooxaiWeight(grams) 231g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781774855805Author Donna PerryFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Bengion CosalasPublisher Bengion CosalasWeight(grams) 195g

A rollicking true-crime adventure about a rogue who trades in rare birds and their eggs-and the wildlife detective determined to stop him.On May 3, 2010, an Irish national named Jeffrey Lendrum was apprehended at Britain's Birmingham International...

Provides a true-life account of the Plymouth mail robbery and of how the criminals got away with more than one and a half million dollarsBook InformationISBN 9780393347166Author Ernest TidymanFormat PaperbackPage Count 318Imprint WW Norton &...

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...

From the renowned chronicler of law-and-order in Gilded Age New York City, the sensational grave robbery of A. T. Stewart, "The Merchant Prince of Manhattan," one of the wealthiest men in American historyBook InformationISBN 9780762778126Author J. North...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781569808269Author Bruce E. MowdayFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Barricade Books IncPublisher Barricade Books Inc

The Kent State University Press is excited to reissue these classic true crime detective stories by Allan Pinkerton, the Scottish American detective and spy who founded the Pinkerton National Detective Agency in 1850. His agency was the largest private...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143457817Author Anirban BhattacharyaFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint PenguinPublisher Penguin Random House IndiaWeight(grams) 126g

The Kent State University Press is excited to reissue these classic true crime detective stories by Allan Pinkerton, the Scottish American detective and spy who founded the Pinkerton National Detective Agency in 1850. His agency was the largest private...

The remarkable career of one of America's greatest detectives-a story of murder, mayhem, and intriguePhilip Marlowe, Dirty Harry, and even Law & Order-none of these would exist as they do today were it not for the legendary career of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781640094802Author Andrew AmelinckxFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint CounterpointPublisher Counterpoint

Behind Bars is filled with stories both ancient and urgent of what happens when alcohol meets crime, from illicit stills in the Scottish Highlands to moonshine in the USA, rum smuggled by Caribbean pirates, the roaring times of Prohibition, to...