Download or read book The Christmas Heist written by Julie Carobini and published by Dolphin Gate Books (Julie Carobini). This book was released on 2018-11-11 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Christmas wedding ... what could go wrong? Soon-to-be married Tasha discovers that something special is, quite suddenly, missing. A Christmas wedding sounded like a good idea, but with her matron of honor busy planning the town's annual holiday party, and her fiancé swamped with work, Tasha may be in over her head. Has her missing accessory simply been misplaced? Or is something more sinister going down, once again this Christmas, in the small town of Cottage Grove? Each of the 3 cozy mysteries in the Cottage Grove Mystery Series can be read in a couple of hours. Perfect for a cozy night of reading by the fire. Read all three!: 1 - The Christmas Thief 2 - The Christmas Killer 3 - The Christmas Heist

Download or read book The Christmas Heist written by Landis Wade and published by Lystra Books & Literary Services, LLC . This book was released on 2020-07-31 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Small town lawyer Thad Raker must win a case or Santa won’t come to town, but he doesn’t believe in Santa Claus or know the stakes when he takes the case for a homeless man who says he works for Santa. Henry Edmonds is on trial for stealing a flash drive which holds the key to Christmas coming. Several people claim ownership of the flash drive and want Edmonds in jail, including an elfish looking man who says he works for an international toy company. Witness by witness the facts come out but who is to be believed and are there any True Believers? And what’s so important about the flash drive to the fate of Christmas? A local newspaper reporter stirs things up by blogging about what he calls the “Trial of the Century” and tweets that the “Court’s Ruling Could Halt Christmas for Thousands.” Can an irascible judge looking toward retirement find it within himself to save Christmas? Landis Wade writes a script somewhere between the screenplays for My Cousin Vinny and Miracle on 34th Street, and that’s a wonderful place to be. –Suzanne Reynolds, former Dean, Wake Forest University School of Law The wisdom of Sheriff Andy Taylor, the witty banter of Night Court, and the magic of Miracle on 34th Street are presented as a joyous gift to all generations! –Chase Boone Saunders, Superior Court judge, retired Landis Wade combines his decades of crafty courtroom experience with his innocent appreciation of the magic of Santa to weave a clever, heart-warming legal who-done-it. –Jon Buchan, author of Code of the Forest

Download or read book The Christmas Heist written by Kimberly Hammer and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-10-13 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can an eight-year-old remind people what Christmas is all about?Christmas is on the horizon, but Mattie Hendsley sees only despair and weariness in those all around him. People seem to have forgotten the true meaning of Christmas, including his mother. Mattie resolves to do something about it. He embarks on a journey to bring a bit of joy to those who need it most. With the help of two friends, he searches out people in need of a Christmas miracle. His list includes his own struggling mother, an aged janitor, and a shy librarian. When Mattie sends an innocent letter to the mayor, it becomes the catalyst Mattie needs to help his plan succeed. While Mattie's antics will bring a smile to your face, it will also leave the reader wondering how an eight-year-old can restore the long-missing joy to Christmas. This heartwarming story will remind you of the true meaning of Christmas -- a time for giving, rather than getting.

Download or read book The Christmas Heist A Courtroom Adventure written by Dontrell Braden and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-26 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Defendant Henry Edmonds, a homeless man who believes he works for Santa Claus, is on trial for stealing a flash drive full of secrets, a flash drive which may hold the key to Christmas but which is zipped tight in an evidence bag. Several people want Edmonds in jail, including a man who says he works for an international toy company. Witness by witness the facts come out but who is to be believed and are there any True Believers? As the courtroom clock ticks down on Christmas Eve, it becomes clear that the fates of the defendant and Christmas are inextricably intertwined.

Download or read book The Great Christmas Heist written by Joseph B. Woodley and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-12-06 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The Great Christmas Heist' will quickly become a holiday classic and tradition in your home. Dedicated to all the boy, girls and the adults who refuse to grow up. Once upon a time in a house lived a pair Of two naughty children named Thomas and Claire They were spoiled rotten by their parents They were rotten to the core They never were satisfied Always demanding More, MORE, MORE

Download or read book The Santa Claus Bank Robbery written by A. C. Greene and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master storyteller A. C. Greene re-creates one of America's most bizarre holdups -- one that began as a lark. On Christmas Eve 1927, four men set off to rob the First National Bank of Cisco, Texas. Soon the lark turned into a tragedy -- and at times a comedy -- of errors. The robbers did not realize the car they had stolen for their get-away was running on empty. The leader did not anticipate the attention his disguise would draw, even though it was a bright red Santa Claus suit. And they could not have known that all of Cisco would have guns at hand because the Bankers Association had offered a reward of $5000 for any dead bank robber, no questions asked. The Santa Claus bank robbery set off a chain of events that would lead to violence and the death of six men and launch the largest manhunt Texas had ever seen. A. C. Greene's factual account of the unusual crime reads like a novel -- fast paced, full of unexpected turns, and rich with the flavor of life in Texas at the beginning of the end of the Old West. This new edition contains an Afterword with photographs, some of them never before published, and follow-up information on the lives of the participants, including the surviving robber, witnesses and kidnap victims.

Download or read book The Great Christmas Heist written by Joe Woodley and published by . This book was released on 2023-11-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Paperback Edition) Let's celebrate Christmas all year round with this fascinating book that teaches children the real meaning of Christmas, introducing the joy of giving and focusing on the importance of being thankful for what you have. Thomas and Claire are two spoiled kids who have everything they ask for. Their parents never said, "No!" to their ever-increasing requests. They don't appreciate their things and even don't care if they break an expensive toy or spoil their clothes. There were a lot of packed boxes in their room, but they wanted more. They wanted all the Christmas toys for themselves, so they decided to hijack Santa's sleigh on Christmas Eve. Join Thomas and Claire on their Christmas adventure that leads them to discover the true meaning of Christmas. This book teaches children to celebrate Christmas as the joy of giving, being kind, and sharing resources with those who can't afford gifts. An all-new rhyming Christmas story that rekindles the true spirit of Christmas and teaches children to value people over things.

Download or read book The Heist Film written by Daryl Lee and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2014-03-14 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A concise introduction to the genre about that one last big score, The Heist Film: Stealing With Style traces this crime thriller's development as both a dramatic and comic vehicle growing out of film noir (Criss Cross, The Killers, The Asphalt Jungle), mutating into sleek capers in the 1960s (Ocean's Eleven, Gambit, How to Steal a Million) and splashing across screens in the 2000s in remake after remake (The Thomas Crown Affair, The Italian Job, The Good Thief). Built around a series of case studies (Rififi, Bob le Flambeur, The Killing, The Lavender Hill Mob, The Getaway, the Ocean's trilogy), this volume explores why directors of such varied backgrounds, from studio regulars (Siodmak, Crichton, Siegel, Walsh and Wise) to independents (Anderson, Fuller, Kubrick, Ritchie and Soderbergh), are so drawn to this popular genre.

Download or read book Claris The Chicest Mouse in Paris written by Megan Hess and published by Hardie Grant Publishing. This book was released on 2023-11-01 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The original book in the beloved and best-selling series about courage, compassion and a stylish little mouse, from acclaimed fashion illustrator Megan Hess. Claris: The Chicest Mouse in Paris follows an adorable mouse who dreams of moving to Paris to follow her fashion dreams. One day, she bravely takes the leap – only to find a mean little girl with a horrible-looking cat standing in the way of her perfect Parisian apartment! Can Claris use all her wit, warmth and – of course – style to make her dreams come true? Claris: The Chicest Mouse in Paris is the first picture book in a dazzling series for lovers of Eloise and Olivia. Compassion never goes out of style! Destined to delight fashion-obsessed readers of all ages. Three-quarters of a million Claris books in print! Megan Hess has sold over 1.5 million books in over ten languages worldwide. Shortlisted for the 2019 ABIA Picture Book of the Year Longlisted for the 2019 Indie Book Awards: Best Children's Book

Download or read book A Christmas Creek Caper written by Rachelle Ayala and published by Rachelle Ayala. This book was released on with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to Christmas Creek, where Santa reigns all year and crime is as rare as a snowflake in July—or so Sheriff Brad Wing thought. With Christmas just around the corner, the cozy town is thrown into a festive frenzy by a string of mysterious package thefts. As Sheriff Wing dives deep into the investigation, his orderly world is upended by the mischievous Ivy Jolly, a woman who’s as sweet as she is unpredictable. Caught between his duty to uphold the law and his heart’s yearning for Ivy, Brad must navigate a whirlwind of holiday hijinks, stolen gifts, and a magical Christmas surprise that could change everything. Will this Christmas caper lead to love, or will the sheriff’s badge keep his heart under lock and key? Get ready for a heartwarming holiday romance filled with small-town charm, a dash of mystery, and a heaping dose of Christmas spirit. --- Christmas Creek romances are a fun way to get into the holiday spirit. They are sassy, standalone romances centered around a town which celebrates Christmas all year round. Each story has a happy ending and can be read in any order, but of course, they are more fun if read together. Deck the Hearts, #1 Can Holly’s jolly Christmas spirit help Grinchy Gordon Gills save the town of Christmas Creek? Her Christmas Chance, #2 A woman with cerebral palsy and her tomcat disagree about the attractive ex-con living next door. Will a dose of Christmas magic reach through his dark secrets? A Christmas Creek Carol, #3 A reclusive writer, Ebony Cruse, is given a one-star review on her life by characters in her past, present, and future. Kitty, It's Cold Outside, #4 When mailman Mick Jolly delivers a kitten to an abandoned millhouse, he is ensnared by a mysterious Victorian woman caught in a Christmas curse. A Christmas Creek Caper, #5 Someone’s stealing packages off the Christmas Creek porches. Sheriff Brad Wing is on the case—until he’s caught with his hands up and his pants down. Toy Soldier Christmas, #6 Breast cancer survivor, Nutmeg Brown, finds a broken toy soldier under her Christmas tree. It’s love at first sight with a wooden toy or is it? Red’s Christmas Woodsman, #7 When Ruby Red Rumsey visits her grandmother’s Christmas Creek cottage, she finds a hunky woodsman asleep in her grandmother’s bed. Dashing Through Christmas, #8 Misty Jolly and Dash Weston play guessing games while rushing through a Christmas project with no help from Westie, a “talking” dog. Dottie's Christmas Wish, #9 All Merry Jolly wants is to make Dr. Colton Dale smile. All his daughter, Dottie, wants is a dog. Will Christmas wishes come true for three lonely hearts?

Download or read book A Heist Society Christmas Story The Grift of the Magi written by Ally Carter and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2016-11-15 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Someone just stole Christmas - and it's up to Katarina Bishop to get it back! Christmas criminal capers abound in this exclusive ebook novella from Ally Carter, the best-selling author of Gallagher Girls, Heist Society and Embassy Row series. Katarina Bishop is a thief. To many it wouldn't matter that she now uses her considerable skills to re-steal valuable works of art and return them to their rightful homes. She's still a thief. So that's why Kat's surprised when an Interpol agent comes to her one snowy evening, asking for her help. The Magi Miracle Network was set to auction off a very rare, very valuable Faberge egg two days before Christmas, but the egg's been stolen and now the charity's reputation - and their future - is on the line. This Christmas, Santa isn't the only person skulking in the darkness ... If you love this, you'll LOVE Ally Carter's other series. Check out her other series and find out what #AllysAmbassadors are excited about! Heist Society - read the rest of Kat's adventures in the thrilling, high-stakes adventures. Who said crime doesn't pay? 1. Heist Society 2. Uncommon Criminals 3. Perfect Scoundrels Gallagher Girls - the original Ally series is still the best. What could be better than witty, daring adventures set in a school for spies? 1. I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You 2. Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy 3. Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover 4. Only the Good Spy Young 5. Out of Sight, Out of Time 6. United We Spy Embassy Row - these heart-wrenching thrillers will have you at the edge of your seat as Ally Carter dives into a glittering international world of plots and subterfuge with her most complex heroine yet - is Grace crazy? Who is the scarred man? Read the Embassy Row series to find out! 1. All Fall Down 2. See How they Run 3. Take the Key and Lock Her Up

Download or read book Heist Society written by Ally Carter and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2010-02-09 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Katarina Bishop was three, her parents took her to the Louvre...to case it. For her seventh birthday, Katarina and her Uncle Eddie traveled to Austria...to steal the crown jewels. When Kat turned fifteen, she planned a con of her own--scamming her way into the best boarding school in the country, determined to leave the family business behind. Unfortunately, leaving "the life" for a normal life proves harder than she'd expected. Soon, Kat's friend and former co-conspirator, Hale, appears out of nowhere to bring her back into the world she tried so hard to escape. But he has good reason: a powerful mobster's art collection has been stolen, and he wants it returned. Only a master thief could have pulled this job, and Kat's father isn't just on the suspect list, he is the list. Caught between Interpol and a far more deadly enemy, Kat's dad needs her help. For Kat there is only one solution: track down the paintings and steal them back. So what if it's a spectacularly impossible job? She's got two weeks, a teenage crew, and hopefully just enough talent to pull off the biggest heist in her family's (very crooked) history--and, with any luck, steal her life back along the way.

Download or read book Cozy Up to Christmas written by Colin Conway and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A man still in hiding. A Christmas heist. This is no time for fruitcake.Ed Belmont works in a struggling Midwest mall. It isn't the ideal place for a job, but he's doing the best he can. Every day is an uphill battle since Ed dislikes children, holiday decorations, and Christmas music. But what's a guy to do when he's Santa Claus?There's a criminal lurking around town, and he's dressed as jolly old Saint Nick. Unfortunately, the cops don't have any leads until they stumble upon Ed. Now, the law is poking into his background, and it's creating problems.For Ed Belmont is a man with a secret that the U.S. Government has invested a lot to keep concealed. This is important since Ed's enemies have chased him across the country in hopes of exacting their revenge.Can Ed survive the week and leave the Santa suit behind? Or will the cops make sure he celebrates the holiday in jail?

Download or read book The Great Turkey Heist written by Gertrude Chandler Warner and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new restaurant is opening up in Greenfield, and the Aldens are first in line to help the owner start up a food pantry. They do everything they can to collect donations, from putting up signs to offering a free Thanksgiving dinner for the whole town, but someone keeps moving the signs and even steals the giant turkey that was meant for the dinner. The clock is ticking to get it back, but never fear, the Boxcar Children are on the case.

Download or read book The Great Diamond Heist The Incredible True Story of the Hatton Garden Diamond Geezers written by Gordon Bowers and published by Kings Road Publishing. This book was released on 2016-06-23 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the Easter weekend in 2015, an audacious gang of criminals robbed a safe depository in London's Hatton Garden, the centre of the UK's diamond trade. Shortly before, electrical cables under nearby Kingsway had caught on fire, disrupting the emergency services in the area. Coincidence? Alarms at Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Ltd went off, but the police ignored them. The burglars were caught on CCTV taking jewellery worth up to $200 million. They had used specialist equipment, taking days to tunnel through the walls of the vault. Within a month nine suspects had been arrested and valuables seized from their homes. They were aged between forty-three and seventy-six, including a father and son. The question was, were they the same gang that had made a similar daring raid in Hatton Garden safe netting £1.5 million over the Christmas holiday in 2004. The culprits then were never caught. In 1986, a similar heist had taken place in Los Angeles where a gang drilled a 100- foot tunnel from a storm drain into the vaults of the First Interstate Bank in West Hollywood. It inspired the novel The Black Echo. Author Michael Connelly believes his book might have inspired the Hatton Garden heists, and has a grudging respect for the criminals. "There is no violence and they sweated for the money. And there is a certain class envy," he said. "We don’t feel too sorry for people who keep fortunes hidden away in safety deposit boxes. Part of us hopes the gang members are now lying on a beach somewhere." However, what the Hatton Garden heist so victimless? There have been suggestions that the safety deposit raid was linked to the murder of John 'Goldfinger' Palmer – a suspect in the 1983 Brink's-Mat bullion robbery who was gunned down in Essex in July. The question remains: was Palmer killed for tipping off police about possible suspects?

Download or read book The Christmas Courtroom Trilogy written by Landis Wade and published by Landis Wade. This book was released on 2021-08-12 with total page 877 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This humorous holiday/mystery trilogy puts belief in Santa Claus on trial in three stand-alone cozies with a lovable cast of characters and a host of non-believer adversaries. The trilogy starts with “The Christmas Heist,” a “script somewhere between the screenplays for My Cousin Vinny and Miracle on 34th Street,” says the former Dean of Wake Forest University School of Law “and that’s a wonderful place to be.” Defendant Henry Edmonds, a homeless man who looks a bit like Santa Claus, is put on trial on Christmas Eve for stealing a flash drive full of secrets, and if he goes to jail, Christmas won’t come. Book two is “The Legally Binding Christmas,” a Christmas mystery with romantic tension, where now widowed lawyer, Thad Raker, goes up against a formidable single female adversary and tries to save Christmas once again. When the local government his adversary represents moves to condemn the dilapidated home of Raker’s eccentric new client, the trial puts Santa’s distribution system at risk and Christmas in peril. The final story, “The Christmas Redemption,” won the 2018 Holiday category of the 12th Annual National Indie Excellence Awards and was Honorable Mention in the 2018 Holiday category in the 10th Annual Readers’ Favorite Awards. Thad Raker is hired to defend the toy company that made the most popular Christmas present in 50 years—the Reindeer Hoverboard—and becomes entangled in the greatest threat to Christmas yet when he learns that the survival of Santa’s North Pole village is at risk. Standing in Raker’s way are a large class of angry plaintiffs, an unbelieving judge, the FBI, several North Pole conspirators and Hank Snow, Raker’s nemesis from his previous Christmas trials. “The Christmas Redemption” is where “John Grisham meets Santa Claus,” says humorist and author Tracy Curtis, “for a hoverboard ride that seamlessly blends courtroom drama, corruption, climate change and Christmas with great humor and with a message about the true meaning of Christmas and the importance of family.”

Download or read book The Great Pearl Heist written by Molly Caldwell Crosby and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-12-03 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: London, 1913. An exquisite strand of pale pink pearls, worth more than the Hope Diamond, has been bought by a Hatton Garden broker, capturing the attention of both jewelers and thieves. In transit to London from Paris, the necklace vanishes without a trace. Joseph Grizzard, “the King of Fences,” is the leader of a vast gang of thieves in London’s East End. Having risen from the deadly streets to become a wealthy family man, Grizzard still cannot resist the sport of crime, and the pearl necklace proves an irresistible challenge. Inspector Alfred Ward has joined the brand-new division of the Metropolitan Police known as “detectives.” Having caught some of the great murderers of Victorian London, Ward is now charged with finding the missing pearls and the thief who stole them. In the spirit of The Great Train Robbery, this is the true story of a psychological cat-and-mouse game. Thoroughly researched and compellingly colorful, The Great Pearl Heist is a gripping narrative account of this little-known, yet extraordinary crime.