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"A devoted dad is as precious as diamonds, but Carrie Singleton wouldn't know since her dad Jim's been on the lam most of her life. In an unusual family reunion, she finds Jim breaking into her cottage in the middle of the night. The fun really starts when he begs her to help him recover his half of a twenty-million-dollar gem heist he pulled off with the local jeweler, Benton Parr. When she refuses, Jim takes off again. Carrie finds her father again...
2) The chase
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Isaac Bell thrillers volume 1
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IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 18
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In 1906 detective Isaac Bell goes after the Butcher Bandit who has committed a string of bank robberies and murders in the western states of America and becomes the hunted.
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Spenser novels volume 4
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Private investigator Spenser leaves Boston for summertime Cape Cod where he and his friend Susan Silverman find themselves involved with fools and villains whose concerns are extortion, robbery, and murder.
Spenser is good at finding things. But this time he has a client out on Cape Cod who is in over his head. Harvey Shepard has lost his pretty wife -- and a very pretty quarter million bucks in real estate. Now a loan shark is putting on the bite.Spenser...
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"With the women of the Sisterhood away on a covert assignment, their significant others could be expected to kick back and enjoy a little drama-free downtime. But that's not the way Jack, Ted, Harry, Charles, and the rest of their comrades roll. An urgent call has come to the headquarters of their organization, BOLO Consultants. Bert Navarro, head of security for Countess Anna de Silva, suspects that Annie's deluxe casino, Babylon, is being stealthily...
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"The top dogs of bestselling western action thrillers hit the bullseye with Shotgun Johnny, a disgraced lawman whose quest for vengeance becomes a legendary fight for justice. Shotgun Johnny Greenway thought he’d hit rock bottom when he lost his wife and son, hung up his badge, and hit the bottle. But a pretty young woman gave him a second chance. Offered him a job riding shotgun for the Reverend’s Temptation Gold Mine. Gave him a reason to live....
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IL: UG - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 24
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An account of the sensational 1974 kidnapping and trial of Patty Hearst describes the efforts of her family to secure her release, Hearst's baffling participation in a bank robbery, and the psychological insights that prompted modern understandings about Stockholm syndrome.
9) Bullet head
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Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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After pulling off the heist of a lifetime, three career criminals find themselves trapped in a warehouse with the law closing inches But, inside the warehouse a more dangerous threat awaits as the fugitives are plunged into a furious battle for their lives.
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Harry Bosch mysteries volume 9
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At the end of City of Bones, Harry Bosch quit the LAPD, but he's back in a new role, one that will give him more freedom to pursue the cases that compel him. When he left the LAPD Bosch took a file with him: the case of a firm production assistant murdered four years earlier during a $2 million robbery on a movie set. The LAPD, now operating under post 9/11 rules, think the stolen money was used to finance a terrorist training camp.
Retired LAPD...
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Theodore Boone volume 3
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IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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When Theodore Boone, kid lawyer, is accused of robbery, he vows to do whatever it takes to prove his innocence.
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Alfred A. Knopf
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[2011]
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English
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Carr--ex-CIA--is the reluctant leader of an elite crew planning to take tens of millions of dollars belonging to a disgraced financier, Curtis Prager. But Carr's seasoned pros are wound drum-tight--months before, the man who brought them together was killed in what Carr suspects was a setup.
14) Burn
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EOne Films
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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Melinda, a lonely and unstable gas station attendant, is tired of being overshadowed by her more confident, outgoing co-worker Sheila. But after the gas station is held at gunpoint by Billy, Melinda takes the opportunity to take matters into her own hands, regardless of who gets hurt.
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Chloe Ellefson is making a fresh start in Wisconsin as collections curator at Old World Wisconsin, an outdoor ethnic museum showcasing 19th century settlement life. On her first day, an elderly woman begs her to find a Norwegian ale bowl that had been earlier donated to the museum. However, before Chloe can find the heirloom to return it to her, the elderly woman dies in a suspicious car crash. She soon discovers that digging up the history and location...
16) The drop
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20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
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[2015]
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English
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Lonely bartender Bob Saginowski and his hardened employer cousin Marv run a bar that is used as a 'drop'--a covert scheme that funnels cash to local gangsters. But when they find themselves caught in a robbery gone bad, and on the hook for a debt they can't repay, both men have to make the dangerous choice between loyalty and survival.
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It actually happened volume 2
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Annick Press
Pub. Date
c2012
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IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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Provides true stories of thieves and their greatest heists, including Willie Sutton, D.B. Cooper, and those who committed London's great train robbery.
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"The night of London's grandest ball, a bold group of women downstairs launch a daring revenge heist against Mayfair society in this dazzling historical novel about power, gender, and class “Rollicking fun and entirely original... Anyone who relishes a good party gone wrong will devour this.” —Sarah Penner, New York Times bestselling author of The Lost Apothecary Mrs. King is no ordinary housekeeper. Born into a world of con artists and thieves,...
19) Dhoom
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Yash Raj Films
Pub. Date
2004.
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Hindi
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A gang of robbers sweeps the city on their slick and fast bikes. A police officer and a garage mechanic, who is also a prodigious bike rider, team up to bring the robbers to justice.
20) Baby driver
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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A talented, young getaway driver relies on the beat of his personal soundtrack to be the best in the game. But after being coerced into working for a crime boss, he must face the music when a doomed heist threatens his life, love and freedom.
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