Heist Historical

A late-night heist. A dead night watchman. A secret worth killing for. When night watchman Ambrose Teale catches an intruder inside the Gull Harbor Historical Society, a routine break-in turns into murder. But retired insurance fraud investigator Bea Calloway quickly realizes the killer wasn't after the valuable antiques in the glass display cases—those were merely decoys. The true target was a priceless, hidden collection of 18th-century ships' logs. Doc Marsh and the building's alarm-system trip log pinpoint the time of death between 11:30 PM and midnight. Because there was no sign of ...

"The Book Everyone Is Taking To Paris This Summer." —Forbes "Jo Piazza seamlessly blends history, art, romance, and suspense in this irresistible page-turner. I loved the dual timelines, especially the fascinating story of the woman who fought to preserve Vincent van Gogh's legacy. Smart...

The Four Winds meets Bonnie and Clyde in this exhilarating historical thriller in which an unforgettable mother races to find the gangster she once loved—before the law gets to him first. "The best gangster novel I’ve ever read." —Stephen King “This story accomplishes the near-impossible...

Gabriel Allon, art restorer and occasional spy, searches for a stolen masterpiece by Caravaggio in #1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva’s action-packed tale of high stakes international intrigue. Read by George Guidall Sometimes the best way to find a stolen masterpiece is to...

Essence® best-selling authors Kiki Swinson and De’nesha Diamond are two rising stars in the world of urban fiction. Heist presents two novellas starring young women hustling their way to the top of the game through daring robbery schemes. In Swinson’s The Ultimate Heist, pampered Shannon Marshall is accustomed to a big-money lifestyle. Her world is shattered, however, when her man is thrown into prison for gun running.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From Janet Evanovich, #1bestselling author of the Stephanie Plum novels, and Lee Goldberg, bestselling author and television writer for Monk, comes the first adventure in an electrifying new series featuring an FBI agent who always gets her man, and a fearless con...

A sharp-witted teenage thief leads a team of skilled misfits in a dangerous and daring heist for fortune, freedom and revenge against a corrupt Pope in Renaissance Italy in Caitlin Schneiderhan's clever YA debut, Medici Heist. Welcome to Florence, 1517, a world of intrigue and opulence, murder...

The incredible return to the New York Times bestselling world of the Night Angel, where master assassin Kylar Stern embarks on a new adventure as the High King Logan Gyre calls on him to save his kingdom and the hope of peace. "Weeks has been showing other fantasy authors how it's done for over...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER A glittering, gothic page-turner about power, control, and the price women pay when they demand to be seen, rich with Gatsby vibes and twisty family drama, from the beloved author of Salt to the Sea “Enthralling . . . While history is often molded by those in power...

A wooden box in a Florence hotel. Water inside a barrel of maple syrup. A fortune in bitcoin that left a trail its thieves could not erase. In ten true stories, Ruth Rogers follows the people, plans, discoveries, and evidence behind some of the world’s most extraordinary heists. Stolen paintings, rare maps, jewels, and gold move through lives changed by what vanished—and by what came back. From the Bitfinex hack and Hatton Garden burglary to the theft of the Mona Lisa and the empty frames of the Gardner Museum, each account brings the people and institutions into focus before following ...

A woman accidentally kidnaps a duke in this fabulous Regency romp "Erica Ridley is a delight!" —Julia Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of the Bridgerton series Chloe Wynchester is completely forgettable—a curse that gives her the ability to blend into any crowd. When the only father...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author of Harlem Shuffle continues his Harlem saga in a powerful and hugely-entertaining novel that summons 1970s New York in all its seedy glory. A Best Book of the Year: The New York Times, The Washington Post...

Lord Astley surprises his wife with a trip to America to see her family before they end their honeymoon adventures. But just as they arrive, they find Grace's sister, Lillias, is the prime suspect in her husband's murder. To add to the confusion a solicitor arrives to tell the sister's they are needed in Scotland immediately to claim their mother's inheritance.

A woman able to communicate with spirits must assemble a ragtag crew to pull off a daring heist to save her community in this timely and dazzling historical fantasy that weaves together African American folk magic, history, and romance. Washington D. C., 1925 Clara Johnson talks to spirits, a...

When an armored car heist turns into a bloody and grisly crime scene, Federal agent Blake Wilder is sent to Philadelphia to track down the culprits. But there’s more to this militantly precise and violent crew than meets the eye....

When a British housewife returns from Spain without her husband, the souvenirs in her suitcase tell a story she won't. It's August 1978 on the Gosforth Housing Estate, and Lily Nicholson—a sharp-eyed former psychiatric nurse with fifteen years of observing human behaviour—delivers a shepherd's pie to her neighbour Jean Fletcher, who's just returned from a Spanish package holiday. But where's her husband Peter? Jean's explanations don't quite add up. Neither do the souvenirs. • A budgerigar speaking Greek phrases when Jean swears she's never left Spain • A ceramic bird with an ...

Early twentieth-century Singapore is a place where a person can disappear, and Harriet Gordon hopes to make a new life for herself there, leaving her tragic memories behind her--but murder gets in the way. Singapore, 1910--Desperate for a fresh start, Harriet Gordon finds herself living with her...

AN NPR NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR From the award-winning and bestselling author of Feed comes a raucous, slyly funny, and delightfully queer work of historical fantasy, based on a bizarre but true quest to steal the mystical corpse of a long-dead saint "[An] uproarious saga . . . drawing on...

The locks were untouched. The seals were unbroken. The stone floor remained pristine. Yet the greatest jewel of the British Crown has vanished into the London fog. In the subterranean depths of Whitehall, behind triple-tumbler Chubb mechanisms and four-ton steel doors, sits Vault Three. Designed to be impenetrable, it housed the Empress’s Tear—a legendary fifty-carat, unmounted Golconda pink diamond held in solemn trust for the Indian Empire. When the Chief Archivist opens the chamber alongside the Under-Secretary of State, they are greeted by an impossible impossibility: the glass ...

Three centuries ago, captain Gideon Rake buried a staggering fortune on an uncharted Atlantic outpost before leaving a frantic warning about the massive beasts that forced him to flee. Now, historian Dr. Tessa Vale has decoded Rake's lost notes and led a salvage team to the exact coordinates. She hopes to document a biological impossibility and secure her academic legacy. The heavily armed rival crew tracking her wake simply wants the gold, and they are willing to slaughter anyone standing in their way. As a massive hurricane traps both teams, they are forced to navigate a labyrinth of ...