Heist Fiction

Modeling the necklace is everything she’d dreamed…and more than she bargained for. The charity gala is underway, and Kristine can’t believe she’s been chosen to model the star piece of jewelry on display - a gorgeous sapphire necklace. But the sharks are circling. More than one thief is after the multi-million dollar piece of jewelry, and they will stop at nothing to get it. A secretive stranger whisks Kristine into the night, a threatening shadow in pursuit - both with motives for the gems and the woman they adorn.

This full-cast audiobook, featuring 11 different voice actors, and narrated by Hillary Huber, take on the roles of the Tandem Players, a group of community theater actors that love their community theater almost as much as they love the sweet old landlady who gave them a home to perform their plays in over the years. But when she passes away, and the will that was to leave the Broadtown Theater to the acting troupe disappears, they don’t even have time to mourn their loss. Her son comes in like a wrecking ball....

In Depths of a Mother's Soul, Samantha Mitchell is a tireless single mother, working three jobs to secure a better future for her daughter, Emily. When a long-awaited promotion offers hope, their lives take an unexpected turn. Years later, in their new, safer neighborhood, Emily's life hangs by a thread as a hidden heart condition is unveiled during a soccer game. In a moment of desperation, a mysterious figure from Samantha's past emerges, offering an audacious solution to their financial crisis—one that will test the limits of a mother's love.

When Alex Cassidy and Diane Alison meet by chance at a party in Princeton, New Jersey, there are instant sparks. Both are single parents living in wealthy suburbia, independent, highly competent and seemingly settled in their lives. She runs a successful catering business. He's part of a crew that robs banks, casinos and jewellery stores around the world. Neither realises initially that their lives have overlapped before, or that their shared history and burgeoning relationship will come to threaten everything they love.

On a typical Friday night, Ross and his friend Mac come up with a plan to steal a free takeaway from the local drunk. But when their plan goes awry, Ross finds himself in the crosshairs of the most dangerous man in the neighborhood and his fearsome dog, Princess! If you enjoyed the wit and excitement of Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, you'll love Ross Cameron's wild ride.

The much-anticipated, action-packed new novel from Amen Alonge, set in London and starring an unforgettable cast of characters.

DON'T MESS WITH BINGO NIGHT!!!! When two losers working for a floral supply outfit get it into their heads that they can rob the creepy old home for the elderly which is located directly across the street from their place of employment on Bingo Night, it sounds like an easy score. Too easy. Because what they don't realize is that just because people are old, doesn't mean they still don't have some fight left in them. In fact, in the case of Bingo Night, these elderly people have more than fight in them. They are barbarians. Originally published in Pulp Metal Magazine in two parts, Bingo ...

Hello. I am Rory Branagan. I am a detective, and the time has come for me to solve the biggest and most important mystery in my life: where is my dad?

Hannah Conway overhears a lot while working behind the bar of a nightclub – friendly gossip, lovers quarrels, bad business deals – but nothing that usually involves anyone she cares about. Until she hears Jez Reilly, a corrupt businessman who runs the club, talking about the street her grandma lives on. Jez wants to buy the land for a new luxury development, and most of the residents and businesses have already agreed to sell up. But for those who refuse, something sinister is in store.

Der Hochstapler Pony Nelson plant nach einem erfolgreichen Raubzug, sich nach Schottland abzusetzen. Am Vorabend seiner Abreise kommt er mit seiner Ganovenbande in deren Stammlokal zum Abschiedsdinner zusammen. Als er am Tresen des Lokals zwei lauthals grölende junge Männer entdeckt, beschließt er, noch einen letzten Coup zu drehen, um seine Reisekasse aufzubessern. Was soll da schon schiefgehen.

Looking for a quick buck to help feed her addiction, Cressa “Goldie” Locke helps herself to a nice-looking house, hoping to score some jewelry to pawn. She’s perfected the art of small-time crime to keep from getting busted, but this time she may have gotten a little more than she's bargained for. She picked the wrong house...or maybe it was just right. When she wakes up in a hospital bed, Cressa knows she’s been caught red-handed, and there’s no getting out of it.

Something Very Bad Is Happening In Good Isle. A picture-postcard beautiful little town on the shore of Lake Michigan, Good Isle is where the wealthy buy summer homes. Bad things just don’t happen in this quaint little town. That is, until Billy “Dynamite” Dawkins, a legend in Detroit’s boxing history, disappears. John and Ellen Rockne, both in Good Isle for different reasons, are asked to look into the famous boxer’s disappearance. Before long, they are both drawn into a dark side of Good Isle that until now, had remained the town’s most notorious secret. “Fast-paced, engaging...

Райли Вулф — вор, для которого не существует преград, мастер перевоплощения. Любитель решать сверхзадачи и проворачивать смелые ограбления. Так, например, ему удалось украсть памятник весом двенадцать тонн прямо во время открытия. Голубая мечта Райли — совершить кражу века, которая войдет в историю. Узнав, что в Нью-Йорк прибывает коллекция драгоценностей короны Ирана стоимостью десятки миллиардов долларов, он понимает, что настал его звездный час.

What if I told you that the biggest heist in history was one that never made the newspapers, was never seen on TV, and has never even been mentioned in any history book? And I’m talking about 40 billion dollars stolen. Sounds pretty unlikely, don’t you think? What if I told you that this robbery was pulled off by a bunch of over-the-hill 70-year-olds: a WW I vet who paid his dues in the trenches of Europe, a small-time crook who paid his in regular installments behind bars, a hotheaded Irishman who thought dues were don’ts, and a giant gorilla who, well, he’s a gorilla.

She’s spent years rebuilding her life. He’s the one mistake she swore she’d never make again. Bernadette doesn’t do holidays. Not Christmas, not Valentine’s, not anything that reeks of love and second chances. Because life doesn’t hand out miracles—not for people like her. She had Jack once. The conman, the charmer, the only man she ever loved. And then she lost him. Now he’s back. Standing at her door like a ghost from her past, looking good enough to ruin every hard-earned rule she’s built to keep him out. 🖤 He says he’s changed—no more scams, no more running, no ...

When an arrogant and selfish 26-year old, Ken Paulson, inherited a large national jewelry store chain, he probably shouldn’t have fired 72-year old Wayne Robbins, a brilliant engineer who helped Ken’s father build the company. And he certainly should not have stolen Robbins’ retirement funds, patents, and royalties. But, he did. The need to survive forces Wayne to develop a brilliant plan. Traveling the country in their motor coach, these sweet grandparents devise and execute perfect crimes.

Avia might be able to con a rich woman out of 50 million dollars before her vacation to Hawaii, but she's going to need some help to do it. She has to call in people she terms her "cousins" and she has to deal with the fact that she is still an alcoholic and heroin addict. With the help of Benton, can Avia actually pull off this heist and get out of town before it is too late?

If you're gonna rob a bank, make sure it's the bank's money you are taking. Dillon, a down-on-his-luck guy, hatches a plan to to get rich. But things do not go to plan.

Er ist der Motzkopf der Nation. Niemand kann sich so herrlich aufregen wie er. Als festes Ensemblemitglied der "heute SHOW" hat Hans-Joachim Heist - alias Gernot Hassknecht - bereits Kultstatus als cholerischer und politisch nicht korrekter Nachrichten-Kommentator erreicht. Auf diesem Hörbuch unterhält Hans-Joachim Heist mit einem Satire-Programm mit Texten von Jan Weiler, Joseph von Westphalen, Helga Leeb, Robert Gernhardt u.a. Von besser-wisserischen Gesundheitstipps über zu gut gemeinte Ernährungsratschläge bis hin zu den Auswüchsen des typisch deutschen Humors.

MARBELLA, 1985. A time of excess and greed. A place of corruption, betrayal, and violence. Former paratrooper, Eddie Lawson, had done many things in his life of which he was not proud. Still, the tormented Falklands war veteran had always kept the promise he had made to his devoted mother on her death bed - don't ever be a criminal. Estranged from his wife and daughter, and destitute, he hitchhikes his way to southern Spain to find the brother he has not seen for a decade. All he wants is to borrow some travel money so that he can join up with a mercenary unit in Africa. It's the closest he...