Mystery Heist

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?

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.

Dani Poissant is the daughter and former accomplice of the world's most famous art thief. There was no job too big for Maria and her loyal crew. The secret to their success? A little thing called magic, kept rigorously secret from the non-magical world. They seemed unstoppable...until a teenage Dani turned her mother over to the FBI. Ten years later, with Maria still in prison, Dani finds herself approached for a job that only Maria and her crew could pull off...if any of them were still speaking to her. But it's the job of a lifetime and might just be the lure Dani needs.

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.

A missing masterpiece. A deadly conspiracy. A woman who won’t stop until the truth is uncovered. Where is Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi? Has the world’s most expensive painting—da Vinci’s haunting portrait of Christ, the savior of the world—been stolen? In this gripping fictional tale, award-winning artist and author Cassandra Gaisford explores the mystery surrounding the disappearance of the legendary painting. Was it an audacious art crime, a money-laundering scheme, a political ruse, or the boldest gamble of the century? For Noor Charming, an art crime expert with a ...

The maiden voyage of Titanic II promises luxury, fame, and spectacle—an irresistible gathering of billionaires, celebrities, and priceless treasures. But beneath the glittering surface, a daring heist is about to unfold. Mastermind Scott Rainey, his brother Jay, and their elite crew have one audacious goal: steal every gem, watch, and artifact on board and vanish without a trace into the vast Atlantic. But as the plan edges closer to execution, the stakes soar higher than the ship’s grand decks.

Bei einem Überfall auf einen Postzug wurden im April 1990 von einer Bande mit professionellem Know-how über 35 Millionen Schilling erbeutet, wobei der Postkursleiter dabei getötet wurde. Es war nicht der einzige Überfall auf Geldtransporte in Österreich dieser gut vorbereiteten Täter, die bis heute unvergessen bleiben.

Rebel-in-a-smock-dress Barri Brown has spent years slaving away as an English teacher in Guernsey, covering for colleagues with kids and barely tolerating the unhygienic staffroom etiquette. With a distant family and a husband who has just vanished along with her savings, Barri dreams of escape. And so Barri tells the school she's pregnant, orders seven bumps on the internet and sets the wheels in motion for her great pregnancy heist. All she has to do is blag it until she can disappear for good, without getting caught and being sent to prison for fraud.

A USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR A Gripping Mystery Thriller That Will Keep You Guessing Until The Final, Shocking Twist. A prominent Grosse Pointe doctor is found dead, in his car, in an abandoned section of Detroit with a rope around his neck. Private Investigator John Rockne knows the victim, and soon finds himself in the middle of an investigation that blows the lid off Grosse Pointe’s glamorous façade. Soon, Rockne becomes the target of a killer whose depraved sadism knows no bounds. The trail of his friend’s brutal murder takes him into Detroit’s darkest and most dangerous ...

“Fast-paced, original, engaging…” New York Times bestselling author Thomas Perry Private Investigator John Rockne is determined to find out who is responsible for the brutal murder of a young man in Grosse Pointe. A contract killer known only as The Spook wants to keep the truth buried forever. Rockne quickly uncovers a series of dark secrets with ties to his own tortured past. HARD ROCK is a thrilling conclusion to the bestselling crime novel DEAD WOOD. “The first private eye novel in a long time that just swept me along for the ride.” Edgar-nominated author Craig McDonald

Golden Girls meets Oceans 11 in a coastal Australian town When divorced sixty-something Julia returned to the sleepy beach side town of Opal Bay after fifty years, she expected a quiet life. Little did she know. After meeting an old friend by chance over cappuccino and cake, Julia enters a world of small-town intrigue, lies and treachery, and finds a brand new hobby - a thirst for revenge. Because no one would ever suspect a gang of grey-haired ladies, would they? Filled with friendship, cake and mischief, The Cappuccino Job is a fun cosy heist adventure.

On the surface Roman Hawker is the consummate professional. Behind that squeaky-clean façade lies a secret: He's a masterful thief. After a successful robbery, Roman and his partners in crime are ready to celebrate, but that celebration is short-lived when they are shaken by the death of Roman's estranged father. When the facts leading up to his father's death come to light, Roman's friends rally around him to execute their most harrowing plan.

Erlebe den berühmten Fall „The Ralston Bank Burglary" aus Jacques Futrelles Thinking‑Machine‑Reihe, meisterhaft gelesen von Alexander Wohnhaas. In dieser klassischen Kurzgeschichte wird die Ralston National Bank Opfer eines scheinbar unmöglichen Einbruchs, bei dem 129 000 $ verschwinden und der Nachtwächter bindet und geknebelt zurückbleibt.

Self-made socialite Francesca "Ferris" Byrd is too sharp to be fooled by even the smartest--and sexiest--man, even when he's notorious ex-thief Patrick Blackheart, now one of San Francisco's most eligible bachelors. Blackheart runs a respectable security business these days, and seems like the perfect man to protect the fabulous Von Emmerling emeralds. All he has to do is make certain the jewels get back to their owner after an elite charity ball.

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...

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 ...

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 ...

Annabelle—Annie, thank you very much—Jordan’s got a new lease on life. She’s starting A New Chapter. Literally. Her great-aunt—one she’d never head of, has left her a bookstore—A New Chapter—to run. Sure it means leaving Jersey behind and going to the Carolinas, where everything is slow and meandering, but what else’s a new divorcee to do? A break-in at the bookstore not long after Annie arrives in town is just one of the mysterious events that follows. Finding out about a father she knew nothing about, a family history that belongs in fiction, and a hunky private ...

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.

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 ...