Author: Lionel White
Publisher: Black Mask
Keywords: caper
Number of Pages: 152
Published: 2009-08-18
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 1596543442
ISBN-13: 9781596543447
The wheels were beginning to turn. From all parts of the country quiet, tough men slipped into the small southern coastal town and took up the final vigil. There was the arsonist, the safe blower, the boy-faced killer--there was a regiment of crack, lawless men waiting out the minutes until Saturday night--the night the town would explode into violence. For in the center of town sat the bank--a citadel of twelve million dollars, impregnable as Gibraltar, safe as a church. Safe--until precisely ten-fifteen on Saturday night. Until the wheels began to pick up momentum, and sudden
Author: Lawrence Sanders
Publisher: Berkley
Keywords: caper
Published: 1987-12-01
List price: $4.95
ISBN-10: 042510477X
ISBN-13: 9780425104774
Planning out a multimillion-dollar jewel heist as material for a new novel, which she hopes will restore her flagging career, mystery writer Jannie Shean is horrified when her perfect crime is enacted right in front of her. Reissue.
Author: Peter Mayle
Publisher: Knopf
Keywords: caper, vintage
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2009-10-20
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0307269019
ISBN-13: 9780307269010
Set in Hollywood, Paris, Bordeaux, and Marseille, Peter Mayle’s newest and most delightful novel is filled with culinary delights, sumptuous wines, and colorful characters. It’s also a lot of fun.The story begins high above Los Angeles, at the extravagant home and equally impressive wine cellar of entertainment lawyer Danny Roth. Unfortunately, after inviting the Los Angeles Times to write an extensive profile extolling the liquid treasures of his collection, Roth finds himself the victim of a world-class wine heist.Enter Sam Levitt, former corporate lawyer, cultivated crime expert, and wi
Author: Elizabeth Peters
Publisher: Avon
Keywords: caper, camelot
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2001-01-01
List price: $7.99
ISBN-10: 0380731134
ISBN-13: 9780380731138
The Lethal Stuff of LegendsFor Jessica Tregarth, an unexpected invitation to visit her grandfather in England is a wonderful surprise -- an opportunity to open doors to a family past that have always been closed to her. But sinister acts greet her arrival. A stranger tries to steal her luggage and later accosts her in Salisbury Cathedral. Mysterious villains pursue her through Cornwall, their motive and intentions unknown. Jessica’s only clue is an antique heirloom she possesses, an ancient ring that bears the Tregarth family crest. And her only ally is handsome gothic novelist David Ran
Author: Missy Mudd
Publisher: Tate Publishing & Enterprises
Keywords: caper, bar, candy
Number of Pages: 20
Published: 2007-05-08
List price: $7.99
ISBN-10: 1598868438
ISBN-13: 9781598868432
Author: Paul Brown
Publisher: Superelastic
Keywords: caper, rocketbelt
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2009-06-29
List price: $11.95
ISBN-10: 0956227007
ISBN-13: 9780956227003
When three men set out on a quest to build a real-life Buck Rogers-style flying machine, their obsession with the Rocketbelt 2000, or "Pretty Bird", shattered their friendship and set in motion an astonishing chain of events involving theft, deception, assault, a bizarre kidnapping, a ten million dollar lawsuit and a horrifically brutal murder. From sci-fi to reality, this is the incredible true story of the amazing rocketbelt. "A delight to read. Genuinely stranger than fiction. Recommended." - Popular Science UK.
Author: Ron Atkins
Publisher: iUniverse, Inc.
Keywords: caper, bicycle, abby
Number of Pages: 47
Published: 2004-01-13
List price: $8.94
ISBN-10: 0595305652
ISBN-13: 9780595305650
Somebody is stealing bicycles and cats from Abby Allen’s neighborhood.Determined to solve the mystery, Abby starts her own detective agency and quickly finds herself crawling through flowerbeds, under porches, and staking out the local convenience store in the search for clues that will help her catch the thieves. In this fast paced adventure, Abby discovers solving crimes can be both exciting and dangerous.In Abby and the Bicycle Caper, Abby takes action to find a stolen bicycle and a missing Persian cat, and finds herself in trouble as the desperate criminals try to keep her from repor
