Crime Heist

In The Grave Robber, Tim Carpenter, former FBI Lead Investigator on the Art Crime Team, recounts one of the most extraordinary and unsettling cases in the history of art theft. Over the course of five decades, a lone graverobber accumulated an illicit trove of over 42,000 artifacts from cultures across the globe, including Native American, Haitian, Chinese, and others. The stolen items included nearly 500 ancestral remains, carefully looted from sacred burial sites and cultural heritage locations.

Chief Inspector, Lord Ralph McGinniss and Professor Claire Lane are sent to investigate the link between the murder of a Police Constable on a lonely road, and the presence of German Zeppelin Commander Ludwig Mathieu, left behind in England after the War. Ralph McGinniss is the victim of a pickpocket on a Motorbus in central London and realises the woman responsible is connected to Jack the Top, a notorious thief and pimp. Claire Lane is convinced the two are linked. When Ralph uncovers a plot to assassinate a well-known Judge from the High Court, the duo must act to discover what is the ...

You could have saved her. The refrain drives Angus to the seashore at dawn, where a girl lies on the unblemished sand. She wears a green cloak and cradles a corps creadha, a Highland voodoo doll. She has suffered a ritualistic, three-fold death—her head bludgeoned, her throat cut, and symbolically drowned.

Future Fiction Detective Series The small Arab village of Ascoa, Naseria, is destroyed. Every man, woman, and child is murdered. In a tit-for-tat move, the nearby African village of Latriki, Fazerique, is also destroyed. Then, like a freshly lit string of firecrackers going off, a brutal war explodes. Master Detective Drake Blast is sent under the cover of being an ambassador for peace. His covert duty is to find something hidden by the prior UN Ambassador shortly before he was murdered. Drake knows the item is significant, but he does not know what it is or why it matters. His ...

Semi-finalist, Publisher's Weekly Booklife Prize Can a conspiracy be uncovered before the Death Count rises? Forensic accountant Kat Munro fights corporate fraud during the day and kickboxes her demons at night while trying to ignore the nightmares that have plagued her since a car accident changed her life forever. DS Adam Jackson is haunted by the mysterious disappearance of a friend two years ago. When the partner of a successful London Investment fund dies in suspicious circumstances, Kat joins forces with Adam to investigate the firm. As they gather evidence of a crime with ...

'Fast Paced Action Packed & 100% Funny Dark Satirical Parody.' Miss Marple Struts her Stuff: This is a relentless and, dare I say it, humorous thriller where every move is a false start and every clue is a red herring. Private eye, Jack Hamma, faces the Hong Kong Mafia, better known as the Triad, and gets mixed up in a deadly turf war where knives and cleavers are the order of the day. Engaged to protect a beautiful Chinese girl, daughter of the Triad Dragon Master, February Ling, Jack fouls up big time, can he pull everything together and sort out the mystery or will the Triad’s ...

In a French village, the body of a man shot through the head is disinterred by the roots of a fallen tree. A week later a famous art critic is murdered in a nearby house. The deaths occurred more than 70 years apart. Asked by a colleague to inspect the site of the former, forensics expert Enzo Macleod quickly finds himself embroiled in the investigation of the latter. Two extraordinary narratives are set in train - one historical, unfolding in the treacherous wartime years of occupied France, the other contemporary, set in the autumn of 2020 as France re-enters Covid lockdown.

Years after the death of her brother and the theft of her heirloom jewelry, ex-con Elle is on the run—until she spots a stranger wearing a signature piece. Determined to take back what is hers, Elle stalks and befriends the woman, using her gemology skills as a ruse. Elle offers to appraise and clean the jewelry, replicating and replacing the pieces instead. Olivia is drowning. She maxes out credit cards behind her financially strict husband's back in order to pay for fertility treatments. When Olivia meets Elle, she finally feels understood…and inspired.

In 2016, on stage at Wembley Arena in front of thousands of adoring fans, Dr Ruja Ignatova promised her followers a financial revolution. The future, she said, belonged to cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin. And the Oxford-educated, self-styled cryptoqueen vowed that she had invented the Bitcoin killer. OneCoin would not only earn its investors untold fortunes, it would change the world.

When the place you call home is under siege, taking matters into your own hands isn’t just the honorable thing to do, it’s the only thing to do. The Summit Soldiers Motorcycle Club is about to be baptized in blood. High Climber is a small town deep in the mountains of Northern Idaho and home to a group of former U.S. Marines looking to find peace and solitude after the rigors of fighting in the Middle East. Unfortunately, what they find in the seemingly sleepy small town is anything but peaceful. Organized crime has already taken hold of the nearby mountain resort and the Sheriff is ...

In the vibrant Los Angeles art scene, THIS IS A SETUP follows the journey of an up-and-coming anarcho- artist discovering profound purpose, thrilling mischief, and unexpected fortune along the way. As he continuously pushes the boundaries of his craft, seeking to outdo himself in mesmerizing spectacle with explosive and awe-inspiring artwork, his ambition leads him down a treacherous path, unwittingly entangling him in a sinister and deadly plot. Along the way, he must confront the consequences of his actions, challenging his perception of reality and the true intentions of those around him.

Part 1: Cal lives a solitary life in the mountains of East Tennessee, working long hours in his job as a salesman. His humdrum life is crawling along with not much to look forward to when everything suddenly changes in the blink of an eye. Gunshots are not a usual occurrence near his rural home, but when they involve a car chase one evening and Cal sees two bags being thrown into some nearby trees he is stunned. Bracing himself for what could be within, Cal investigates only to discover they contain over two million dollars in cash. It’s more money than he has ever seen and clearly more ...

Vikki's Sensual Body Was The Bait They Used to Lure Him Into a Trap... Frank Selby is two men... the man he is today, living in a split-level ranch house, married to his boss' daughter, and enjoying a typical, 9-to-5 working life. And then there is the man that he was...the smooth, debonair mastermind behind a series of daring heists. Now his secret past is coming back to haunt him in the deadly, seductive form of his old love Vikki, who lures him into one last job, a heist that pits him against his sadistic former mob boss, her brutal new boyfriend...and the police, who want him for a ...

Laura Mannings thought her life as a teacher and museum volunteer was safe and predictable. But when she stumbles upon a priceless cache of smuggled rhino horns, she finds herself thrust into a dangerous world of international crime. Her only ally is the mysterious and alluring Heald Davidson - a man who sets her body on fire but may be hiding deadly secrets. As shadowy figures close in, Laura must decide who to trust and how far she'll go to protect the treasures in her care. Will surrendering to her forbidden attraction to Heald be her salvation or her downfall? Daring heists collide with...

Hairstylist by day, search-and-rescue volunteer by night, Anna never expected her latest mission to lead her into the arms of a dangerously attractive stranger. Adam claims he stumbled upon rare tortoises worth millions, but his story doesn't quite add up. When armed men arrive on the scene, Anna and Adam find themselves on the run through treacherous wilderness, dodging bullets and fighting an electric attraction. As they work to stay alive and uncover the truth, Anna must decide if she can trust this enigmatic man who sets her body on fire. With time running out and lives on the line, ...

Over Easter weekend 2015, a motley crew of six English thieves, several in their 60s and 70s, couldn't resist coming out of retirement for one last career-topping heist. Their target: the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit, in the heart of London's medieval diamond district. Perhaps not the smoothest of criminals - one took a public bus to the scene of the crime; another read Forensics for Dummies in hopes that he would learn how to avoid getting caught - they planned the job over fish and chips at their favorite pubs.

The fourth book in the acclaimed Queen of Spades Thriller Series featuring former Italian mob boss Eva Santella. When an American girl goes missing on spring break in Cabo San Lucas, her desperate mother turns to the Queen of Spades for help. Drunk tourists on spring break are a dime a dozen in the popular resort town, but nobody who lives there wants to help find the missing girl. Including the police. Eva finds that nothing is as it seems on the Baja Peninsula. If she is going to find the girl, dead or alive, Eva must travel a twisted and dangerous path and risk it all.

Question: What does a bestselling author’s stolen manuscript, a string of intentionally set fires, and prize winning apple strudel have in common? Answer: Tabitha Clive! The year is 1995 and Tabitha Clive is content to spend her days quietly running the family farm in Kornville, Nebraska, baking prize winning apple strudel and working on her long-awaited novel. The quiet routine of tending to the animals, helping in the cornfields, baking sweet treats, and spending a few hours a day at her typewriter is fine with Tabitha. The quietness is shattered when renowned mystery writer Theodore ...

Spring is in the air. Gus is feeling pretty good about the change in seasons until an unknown man decides he would rather change from being alive to being dead. He clearly drank something toxic, and it didn’t agree with him. The question is, did he really decide to do that, or did someone make that decision for him. Only that question is buried under a lot of other layers of questions. Why did the man visit Gus a few days before his death proclaiming the end times were near? Why didn’t he take enough poison to kill him near instantly instead of lingering around for days slowly dying? ...

K.T. Tomb introduces three new heroines: bounty hunters Roberta, Riley, and Ricki Vaughan. All sisters. And all tough as nails. When a new client hires the streetwise Vaughan sisters to find and recover a stolen diamond that’s worth millions, the recovery fee alone could save their struggling business. However, their new client refuses to call the police, so the sisters have to keep this case on the down low. And when the prime suspect turns up dead, things really start to heat up in the Deep South. When an unexpected event threatens more than the recovery of the one-of-a-kind gem, all ...