Mystery Heist

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...

When cousins Joe, Tom and Pip discover that a dangerous gang of robbers is hiding in the local area, they start an investigation straight away. But hang on a sec! Granny's book club seems to be acting rather suspiciously. For one thing, they don't seem to talk much about books. And they keep going on about a local bank. Oh no! What if the members of the book club are the true-life bank robbers? There's only one thing for it. The cousins must stop Granny getting arrested - even if it means putting themselves in danger.

This wasn’t the first time a soggy box with a disgruntled cat inside was left on the doorstep of our shelter. However, this was the first time the cat talked to me. What did the barista put in my coffee? Persephone insists she’s been catnapped, and she’s witnessed an art heist. There’s a huge reward for the safe return of the painting, and the money could go a long way to helping our animals find their forever homes. Now, I have to convince the gallery owner and her associates - including the suspicious, adorable Henry the Hottie - that I can find a priceless painting.

“Beckwith, best known for his Will and Betsy Black mysteries, takes us on yet another fun-filled and dangerous virtual vacation. Mild-mannered Michigander Monte Connors is the perfect protagonist to lead us through this vulture’s nest of con artists and thieves lying in wait at a Caribbean resort. Fans of HBO’s “White Lotus” will have a ball with Beckwith's latest!” —Ace Atkins, New York Times Bestselling author Clutching a winning lottery ticket was the last thing confirmed bachelor and menial church worker Monte Connors expected, but here he is on his way to Jamaica. Monte ...

Desperate for clues to a cold case art heist, psychic Celine Skye must turn to the dead for help. . . Eager to help the Gardner Museum recover its stolen art, Celine Skye has finally accepted her psychic abilities. But instead of leading her to the lost works, Celine’s fledgling psychic senses envision death. Her own death—and the man fated to deliver it to her. But before he can deliver the fatal blow, Celine’s agent of death, sculptor Tony Reynolds, is himself murdered. Stunned to learn the man had information about the Gardner theft—information he was willing to share—Celine ...

People show their True Colors when they desire something unlawfully. When we covet someone else’s property, we show what we are really made of. However, the joy of acquiring does not last forever.... When Jason escapes from prison after 10 years, it is not as easy as he thought it would be. He braves the perils and reaches a safe harbor.

On 22 February 2006, GBP53 million was stolen from a cash warehouse belonging to the Securitas company in Tonbridge, Kent. In terms of value, the robbery puts previous British capers, such as the Great Train Robbery, in the shade. This was a crime notable for its audacity, carried out by an unlikely crew of players that included a used car salesman, two Albanian casual workers and a roofer. Five men were convicted at the Old Bailey in January 2008, which attracted nationwide media coverage.

Two Million Dollars of Lost Gold. A ninety-year-old murder. Can an unassuming scientist untangle the enigma before his life is forfeit?Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Microbiologist Eric Douglass is content with his humdrum existence. But when a lighthearted hypnosis session leaves him with waking nightmares of a decades-old killing, he’s compelled to search for answers to get his normalcy back. And when the clues drag him to Chicago, he stumbles across a connection to a long-forgotten robbery plot dating to 1933. Discovering corrupt politicians of the time may have been involved in the ...

Ten suspects. Ten heists. A mystery only Ernest Cunningham can solve. I've spent the last few years solving murders. But a bank heist is a new one, even for me. I've never been a hostage before. The doors are chained shut. No one in or out. Which means that when someone in the bank is murdered, hostages become suspects.

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.

Four men gather in Stockholm. Each has existed on the fringes of Stockholm society. Each has a past that just won't let him go. Then a plan falls into their laps. A plan to steal millions from the largest cash facility in Sweden. At first the scheme seems foolproof, every contingency covered, every detail planned perfectly. But is everyone involved who they say they are? Can they ever really hope to pull off such an extraordinary crime?

Flick is a magician who needs answers. Her father is still missing, and top illusionist the Great Fox doesn't seem interested in finding him, despite his promises. Meanwhile, she and her friend Charlie must represent the Great Fox in a new competition in the Swiss town of Linth. The Global Order of Magic is electing a new chancellor, and the Fox insists that if he wins, it will help—but Flick isn't so sure.

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?

MURDER IS ON TAP. When a history professor at Marquette University is murdered, Private Investigator Burr Ashland takes on the case. Burr's investigation plunges him into a violent struggle not just between the present and the past, but between good and evil. It turns out that the dead professor had uncovered some very valuable information about one of the city's wealthiest families, and someone will do anything to keep the truth buried forever. "BEER MONEY is intoxicating!" - Amazon.com "Dan Ames is a sensation among Kindle owners who love fast-paced thrillers." -Mystery Tribune "Swept me ...

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Welcome to the world of Ruthanne Thompson. Socialite. Speakeasy owner. Unlikely nemesis of a criminal syndicate. Ruthanne, a bold young socialite, turns her family estate into a thriving speakeasy, but her success draws the ire of a powerful crime syndicate with ambitions to control the state. When her husband enters the political arena, the stakes skyrocket. The syndicate can't afford the scrutiny of a politician they don't own. Ruthanne joins forces with unlikely allies to bankrupt the criminal ring and to crush their political clout. But the deeper she digs, the closer she comes to ...

Legends whispered his name in the hushed corridors of New York's underworld. The man who danced through the tightest security, leaving empty vaults in his wake. A heartbreak drove me from the glitzy world of theft, choosing silence over notoriety. Until the Pemberton Diamonds resurfaced, beckoning for one last dance.

«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 Sleepy Hollow, a Monet is in danger of being spirited away. . . But undercover art sleuth Sophie Fisher—also known as Jeanne Sophie Poisson— is on the trail of the brazen art thief.From a Hudson River Cruise to Cold Spring to a spooky lantern-light tour of Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sophie will do what it takes to capture the thief . . . And prevent him from spiriting away a valuable work of art. From the author of the Joseph Haydn Mysteries and the Celine Skye Psychic Series, comes yet another delightful mystery series.

One diamond, two people, and a world of danger. Oceanographer Aria Raith, renowned as the underworld's most skilled treasure hunter, channels her expertise into uncovering lost pirate treasures—a quest driven by the need to solve the mystery of her sister's disappearance. However, her latest job catapults her into an adventure far beyond the ocean's depths. Tasked with finding the most extraordinary treasure in history, the legendary Kohinoor diamond, Aria quickly learns that the gem holds secrets far deeper than she ever imagined. Enter Jave Lincoln, a secret government agent haunted by ...