Diamond Geezers: The Inside Story of the Crime of the Millennium

De: Kris Hollington

Narrado por: Colin Mace

For the first time since that extraordinary day, investigative journalist Kris Hollington lays bare the bones of the case, using exclusive, in-depth interviews with the Diamond Geezers, the police, Dome workers, and De Beers employees to get to the heart of the heist. Discover who was crazy enough to want to buy the hottest diamonds in the world, as well as the shocking secrets of the planet's most precious diamond collection.

From the crime's conception and execution to the notorious trial and appeal, it's a gripping account of a remarkable true crime.

©2004 Kris Hollington (P)2011 Audible Ltd

Not 'arf bad

Would you listen to Diamond Geezers: The Inside Story of the Crime of the Millennium again? Why?

Loved the story. Highly recommended, particularly to those from London who knows the areas and the sort of characters. Still great for anyone who enjoys a true story of crime. The author Chris Hollington has done a great job to capture the events and people and voiced by Colin Mace who moved well between his and his attempts at personalities that made this audio book worth the time and money.

Worths the invested time

Would you listen to Diamond Geezers: The Inside Story of the Crime of the Millennium again? Why?

Not really, it is not my style to read book twice

Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?

Yes until they where caught

What does Colin Mace bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

I like his pase and clear voice, makes it easy to understand, his characterizations are good

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

The pseudocrime of the millenium

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Interesting True Crime story

I was hesitant to download this because there weren't any reviews- but I took the plunge and it was worthwhile. It's an interesting look into the criminal world and the politics of law enforcement. Narration and pacing was excellent, definitely recommend.

An Attempted Crimestory

Here is the problem I have with this book. These guys were caught before they had a diamond in their hand. Read carefully the description and you will see the crime doesn't occur, there are a couple hundred of police waiting on them at the site of the intended crime.
There is no exciting chase, no amazing detective work, none of the elements you want in a crime story. The crime was unsuccessful and the "geezers" were arrested.
The whole book is about the guys they caught, the justice system, the cops, and a lot of other almost irrelvant discussion. I repeat, this is the story about an attempted crime by below average intellect criminals.