Prince of Thieves

De: Chuck Hogan

Narrado por: Richard Ferrone

From the author of The Strain comes a tense, psychologically gripping, Hammet award-winning thriller.

Four masked men—thieves, rivals, and friends from the tough streets of Charlestown—take on a Boston bank at gunpoint. Holding bank manager Claire Keesey hostage and cleaning out the vault were simple. But career criminal Doug MacRay didn't plan on one thing: falling hard for Claire. When he tracks her down without his mask and gun, their mutual attraction is undeniable. With a tenacious FBI agent following his every move, he imagines a life away from his gritty, dangerous work—a life centered around Claire. But before that can happen, Doug and his crew learn that there may be a way to rob Boston's venerable baseball stadium, Fenway Park. Risky yet utterly irresistible, it would be the perfect heist to end his criminal career and begin a new life. But, as it turns out, pursuing Claire may be the most dangerous act of all.

Racing to an explosive climax, Prince of Thieves is a brash tale of robbery in all its forms—and an unforgettable odyssey of crime, love, ambition, and dreams.

Loved it!

I enjoyed the film, but loved the book. Living in the Boston area made this book that much more special as I knew the area they were talking about. Highly recommended!

Good one

If you're from southeastern mass like me, it's a fantastic book. Takes me back to the block

Chuck Hogan's best i

maybe because it takes place in Massachusetts is the reason I love this book so much or the speech given by the old Townie at the very beginning once it starts it takes you for a ride any fan of a great story will surely enjoy

Fast Paced Action

So Much goes into planning your life so all Might Out.... This is a great example of the chaos that take over some. It's a scarey reminder to me that this story is REALLY not far from reality!

Fast and Exciting

This book flew by with a magnificent read by Ferrone. My Boston knowledge helped visualize all the places visited and characters were real and understandable by behaviors and appearance.

Exciting, different than the movie in a good way

More character development, more background, more depth and honesty. Worth a listen and makes you appreciate how good the movie was using this as source material.

Best Boston Irish mob book

I was born and raised in Charlestown. Out of all the Boston Irish mob books, this novel comes the closest to real life of any of them.
The characters, attitudes & ways of life hit close to home. You’d think Mr. Hogan was a Townie!
As a lifelong Townie, I can attest that the Charlestown underworld is almost perfectly captured here.

My fav Chuck Hogan novel

An outstanding story. All the best elements of a heist novel with realistic human personal relationship drama as well.

Narrator is excellent with a listenable voice and great inflection. Only issue was the part time Boston accent. Best choice for this book would’ve been one of the Wahlbergs, I think.

Pretty good!!!

I liked the book more than the movie but some parts not so much. For one angel dust especially in the mid-90s has never been a problem in Massachusetts especially Boston. I can appreciate some of the changes that Ben Affleck made in the movie but damn him for not including those grenades!!! Also a lot of the camaraderie between these guys was lacking in that film but it's still one of my favorite movies and this is one of my favorite books. If you're going to listen to a version of this listen to this one not the Donnie Wahlberg abridged version it's terrible...

amazing

Great book narrator does an amazing job!! Watched the movie before the book so the ending was a surprise but realistic!