Love and Theft

A Novel

De: Stan Parish

Narrado por: Angelo Di Loreto

"A breathless adventure both starry-eyed and cool-blooded, both charming and diabolical." --A.J. FINN, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window
"Crackling with full-throttle tension . . . An electrifying novel." --ROBERT CRAIS, author of the bestselling Elvis Cole novels

An epic Vegas heist.
A high-octane international romance.
A charismatic thief forced to orchestrate one final, treacherous job to save his family.

When Alex Cassidy and Diane Alison meet at a party in Princeton, New Jersey, the chemistry between them is instant and undeniable. She's a single mother, local fixture, and owner of a successful catering company. He's a single father and weekend homeowner -- and leader of an armed-robbery crew that just pulled off a record-breaking, precision jewel heist in Las Vegas. Neither one realizes that their lives have overlapped before, and that the shared history they uncover will threaten everyone they love.

Swept up in their burgeoning relationship, Diane joins Alex at his beach house in Tulum, where Alex decides to leave his life of crime behind. It begins as a postcard-perfect weekend until an entanglement with a powerful cartel forces Alex to mastermind one final and unthinkably dangerous job. What ensues is an explosive, adrenaline-soaked journey through the moneyed landscapes of Mexico and Europe, where ghosts from the past collide with unexpected perils in the present. As Alex and Diane fight for their lives, they discover that they're not the only ones with secrets--and that those closest to us pose the greatest danger of all.

Propulsive, deeply suspenseful, and layered with mesmerizing twists, Love and Theft is a sophisticated thriller about the illusion of control and the high price of past transgressions.

Loved listening to this book!

It was exciting and terrific plot. Wasn’t bored for a minute and was sorry it ended

Moral ambiguity with a sort of happy ending

It's a curiously absorbing story with a highly unlikely premise and more unlikely conclusion. Still, worth a listen. Solid neo- noir.

Phenomenal

Outstanding book.
Outstanding narration.
This was completely unexpected, entertaining, exemplary, edge of the seat, riveting.

Nice surprise

Nice surprise story because the action kept moving foward but I never heard of the author and it was a nice surprise to take a risk and find something fun to listen to. The reader was A#1!

At the top of my list of favorites

Truly one of the best with books I’ve ever read. Deep character development, exciting locations, suspenseful dramatic exciting and romantic. I highly recommend this read. I am very much looking forward to the inevitable film or films that come from this thriller. Hats off to the author and publisher!.

Very good.

Thoroughly enjoy the story and the characters. I hope Parish is working on more stories like this one. Narration was excellent as well. Just all around good.

Love & Theft

Love & Theft, by far, bar none, the best book I’ve read in years, Descriptive above all, so visually appealing everything else just floated away, I’m so inthralled by Alex that I question who’s beside me in the supermarket or at the coffee shop, Love Love Love this book....
Thank You Stan Parish, I very much look forward to my next read by You....
Thank you...

Excellent

I read and listen to a lot of books but review very few. This book was a complete surprise. Tight, well-paced and conceived, I loved the story. A heist tale is easy, making it this good is near impossible.

Good story but not so good narrated

The story was good but i was disapointed by the narration. I found it clinical and not much emotion. But maybe it’s because i’m used to very good narrators….

Show don’t tell

In the first twenty-five minutes of chapter one, as far as I got, We are introduced to the cast of thousands by name. The universal POV skips through a robbery, jumping from one action to another, each jump the start of a new cast of characters. Apparently, a gun fired because the author mentioned a wounded robber. None of the cast expressed any sensations, only actions, as if the writer were sitting in a theater describing a movie playing on the imaginary screen, instead of giving the reader a chance to experience the action first hand from the POV of a participant. There could be a story down stream from the robbery, but without a clue about who any of the characters are, I had no one to root for or dread. I’m not wasting any more of my reading time on this work.