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2) The chase
Author
Series
Isaac Bell thrillers volume 1
Language
English
Description
In April 1950, the rusting hulk of a steam locomotive rises from the waters of a Montana lake, revealing the remains of three men who died 44 years before and astonishing all those who look on. In 1906, the American West has been suffering a two-year crime spree: a string of bank robberies committed by one man who murders all witnesses, and then vanishes without a trace. The US government brings in the best man they can find - a no-nonsense detective...
Author
Series
Alex Cross novels volume 6
Language
English
Description
A brilliant criminal known only as the Mastermind orchestrates a series of bank robberies that are notable for their very precise demands--and their explosive violence when the demands are not met. Alex Cross takes on the case and as he gets close to identifying a suspect, the Mastermind pulls off the most outrageous kidnapping scheme in U.S. history--and walks away with the largest ransom ever.
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
Itinerant lawmen Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch return in a new installment of the series created by Robert B. Parker.
After hunting down the notorious desperado Alejandro Vasquez, Territorial Marshal Virgil Cole and Deputy Everett Hitch return him to San Cristobal to stand trial. No sooner do they remand him into custody than a major bank robbery occurs and the lawmen find themselves tasked with another job investigating the robbery of the Comstock...
Author
Publisher
Random House Audio
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
McNelly knows a ranger: Chick Bowdrie joins McNelly's Texas Rangers and vows to hunt down a killer and his gang.
A job for a ranger: There were bullet holes in the bank window and blood on the hitching rail. Five bandits and ten thousand dollars had ridden out of town and no one has seen anything but a distinctively colored horse belonging to a local. To clear the name of the innocent man, Bowdrie pursues a murderous gang of bank robbers and castle...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
No one could stop Dillinger and his gang. No jail could hold him. His charm and audacious jailbreaks endeared him to almost everyone, from his girlfriend Billie Frechette to an American public who had no sympathy for the banks that had plunged the country into the Depression. But while the adventures of Dillinger's gang thrilled many, Hoover made Dillinger America's first Public Enemy Number One.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Formats
Description
A small-time crook takes on a bank heist when an old friend offers him an inside track to the vault. Along with his hastily assembled team of low-rung criminals, Terry finds himself deep. Quiet suddenly the group become the target of ruthless mobsters, the police, government officials at the highest level, and even the royal family. Based on the true story of a British princess and a sex scandal.