robbery

While moving into an apartment in the city with his father and brother, thirteen-year-old Ben meets a mysterious girl about his age who draws him, late at night, into the condemned building next door, where he finds--and is threatened by--two older boys.

The Antwerp Diamond Center was one of the most secure buildings in the world and had over hundreds of millions of dollars in diamonds and other valuables stored in its subterranean vault. Surrounded by two police stations, extensive video surveillance, and vehicle barriers, it was considered impregnable. On February 15, 2003, the impossible happened and a band of skilled Italian thieves made off with nearly half a billion dollars from the vault. No one was hurt or even threatened during the robbery. How did they do it?.

Colin, having taken a job cleaning up graffiti in an upscale neighborhood, worries that he will be targeted by gangs, but he finds himself with a bigger problem on his hands when he is implicated in a string of robberies that seem to occur wherever he has been working.

Describes ten heists considered outrageous by the author, including the flight 305 skyjacking, the 1983 robbery of the Brinks Mat warehouse, and the 2003 burglary of diamonds from the Antwerp Diamond Center.

Examine the different forensic methods used to identify and convict criminals after robberies and heists.

Best friends and soccer teammates Izzy and Julia team up with their coach's son and Izzy's crush Drew to discover who is threatening Julia, and why someone is trying to sabotage their practice field.

While still grieving over the death of her brother, who was killed during a robbery, Megan learns some startling facts about Danny's life; and when the police seem unmotivated to solve the crime, Megan searches for answers.

High school juniors Quentin and JD engage in a robbery that turns deadly, and one of them is left to take the blame.

Former federal prosecutor Stanley Alpert describes his experiences after being kidnapped on January 21, 1998, the night before his thirty-eighth birthday, by thugs who wanted to use his ATM card, and who decided to hold onto him a while longer after learning the size of his bank account.