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41) Wyatt
Author
Series
Publisher
Soho Crime
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Hoping for a straightforward jewel heist, Wyatt is forced to partner with Eddie Oberin and Eddie's intelligent ex-wife, Lydia, who possesses critical inside information, in a plot that proves unexpectedly complicated.
Author
Series
Riyria revelations volume 1
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"Two thieves in the wrong place at the wrong time are on the run in this fast-paced adventure fantasy"--Provided by publisher.
43) Heir of Novron
Author
Series
Riyria revelations volume 3
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The burning of Witch of Melengar and the execution of the Heir of Novron are part of the bloody celebration the New Empire has planned on Wintertide, but Royce and Hadrian find the true Heir of Novron, dashing the New Empire's confidence in its victory.
Royce and Hadrian discover the true Heir of Novron on the day the New Empire celebrates its victory over the Nationalists by executing the fake heir.
44) Forty thieves
Author
Language
English
Description
"Sid and Ronnie Abel are a first-rate husband-and-wife detective team, both retirees of the LAPD. Ed and Nicole Hoyt are married assassins-for-hire living in the San Fernando Valley. Except for deadly aim with a handgun, the two couples have little in common--until they are both hired to do damage control on the same murder case. As the book races toward a high-octane climax, the Abels must fend for their own lives as they circle ever closer to the...
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English
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Taken hostage by a failed bank robber while attending an open house, eight anxiety-prone strangers--including a redemption-seeking bank director, two couples who would fix their marriages, and a plucky octogenarian--discover their unexpected common traits.
Looking at real estate isn't usually a life-or-death situation, but an apartment open house becomes just that when a failed bank robber bursts in and takes a group of strangers hostage. The captives...
Author
Language
English
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Book thief John Charles Gilkey stole hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of rare books from book fairs, stores, and libraries around the country. Determined to catch Gilkey, Ken Sanders, a book dealer with a penchant for detective work, tirelessly pursued him. Journalist Allison Hoover Bartlett befriended both eccentric characters, obtaining crucial details on both men's stories. Here, she reveals exactly how Gilkey pulled off his dirtiest crimes...
Author
Series
Edilean series volume 5
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Historian Gemma Ranford and Colin Frazier must work together to find the Heartwishes stone that's been missing for over one hundred years -- and with an international thief also on the hunt, the clock is ticking. Because in the wrong hands, no one named Frazier will ever be safe.
48) Ocean's 8
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Debbie Ocean recruits seven women to set up a heist during the Met Gala in New York City.
49) The vault
Publisher
Saban Films, Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
When an engineer learns of a mysterious, impenetrable fortress hidden under The Bank of Spain, he joins a crew of master thieves who plan to steal the legendary lost treasure locked inside while the whole country is distracted by Spain's World Cup Final. With thousands of soccer fans cheering in the streets, and security forces closing in, the crew have just minutes to pull off the score of a lifetime.
Author
Series
Junior Bender mysteries volume 4
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"It's everyday business when Wattles, the San Fernando Valley's top "executive crook," sets up a hit. He establishes a chain of criminals to pass along the instructions and the money, thereby ensuring that the hitter doesn't know who hired him. Then one day Wattles finds his office safe open and a single item missing: the piece of paper on which he has written the names of the crooks in the chain. When people associated with the chain begin to pop...
Author
Series
Junior Bender mysteries volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Los Angeles burglar Junior Bender is summoned by a formidable nonagenarian mob boss to exact justice for a once-famous starlet whose career was derailed by an unknown adversary's compromising photos seventy years earlier.
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"In this eighteenth mystery in the national bestselling Chocoholic series, a gang of crooks with a wicked sweet tooth wreaks havoc on the resort town of Warner Pier, and it's up to Lee Woodyard to rout the hungry rascals. A frantic late-night phone call from her right-hand woman, Dolly Jolly, brings Lee Woodyard to the scene of a break-in at the Warner Pier jewelry store next door to TenHuis Chocolade. To her shock, the suspect being held at gunpoint...
53) Fate's edge
Author
Series
Edge series (Ilona Andrews) volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the latest entry in Ilona Andrews's Edge series, Audrey Callahan is determined to stay on the straight and narrow--but when her brother gets into trouble, she takes on one last heist and finds herself matching wits with lawyer, gambler, thief, and spy Kaldar Mar.
55) Force of nature
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
While trying to evacuate residents from an apartment complex during an intense hurricane, including a grizzled ex-cop and his daughter, a young police officer is thrust into further danger as a gang of thieves attempt to pull off a mysterious heist in the building.
Author
Series
Legend of Eli Monpress volume 5
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
"Eli Monpress is clever, he's determined, and he's in way over his head. First rule of thievery: don't be a hero. When Eli broke the rules and saved the Council Kingdoms, he thought he knew the price, but resuming his place as the Shepherdess's favorite isn't as simple as bowing his head. Now that she has her darling back, Benehime is setting in motion a plan that could destroy everything she was created to protect, and even Eli's charm might not...
Author
Publisher
Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Description
"From Greta Kelly, the author of the Warrior Witch duology, comes The Queen of Days, an epic adventure that weaves together a flawed-but-lovable family of thieves, a battle between fallen gods, and stakes high enough to cause vertigo—perfect for fans of The Lies of Locke Lamora and Six of Crows. For Balthazar and his family of thieves, stealing a statue during the annual celebration of the god Karanis was just a good bit of fun…or a way to stick...
Author
Series
Robin Monarch novels volume 3
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Robin Monarch is a man with a complicated past and dangerous present. He's been a soldier, a CIA agent, a freelance operative but first and foremost, Robin Monarch is a thief of the highest order. Orphaned at twelve, Monarch originally stole for survival, then he stole for his friends and cohorts, now he steals to order, and to give back to the to the woman who saved his life many years ago. With the help of his team, Monarch breaks into the legendary...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"... a collection of award-winning short fiction set in the world of the First Law, with a brand new novella and three exclusive short stories, and featuring a rogue's gallery of characters old and new, including the dashing Colonel Glokta, the heroic Nicomo Cosca, and the most feared man in the North, the Bloody-Nine ..."--from NoveList Plus.
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