Heists & Robberies

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 historyAbout the AuthorJ. North Conway is the author of...

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 BhattacharyyaFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint PenguinPublisher Penguin Random House IndiaDimensions(mm) 200mm * 130mm * 30mm

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 nineteenth-century...

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

He was the troubled face of rock 'n' roll . . . until he disappeared without a trace.Jane Pyre was once part of the famous rock 'n' roll duo, the Lightning Bottles. Years later, she's the most hated-and least understood-woman in music. She was never as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781640096363Author Andrew AmelinckxFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint CounterpointPublisher Counterpoint

On a sunny May morning in 1990, a bank courier strode out of the Bank of England and, minutes later, was robbed at knifepoint of 301 bearer bonds valued at £292 million. It was the biggest theft in British history.The thing is... when Keith Cheeseman...

An intriguing investigation into 50 elusive artworks that were stolen and never recovered.Mona Lisa, Starry Night, Birth of Venus. People travel for hundreds of miles to observe these breathtaking paintings with their own eyes. Now discover the artworks...

In this captivating Jazz Age true crime about "the greatest jewel thief who ever lived" (Life Magazine), Arthur Barry, who charmed celebrities and millionaires while simultaneously planning and executing the most audacious and lucrative heists of the...

He was the troubled face of rock 'n' roll . . . until he disappeared without a trace.Jane Pyre was once part of the famous rock 'n' roll duo, the Lightning Bottles. Years later, she's the most hated-and least understood-woman in music. She was never as...

He was the troubled face of rock 'n' roll . . . until he disappeared without a trace.Jane Pyre was once part of the famous rock 'n' roll duo, the Lightning Bottles. Years later, she's the most hated-and least understood-woman in music. She was never as...