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Brought to you by Penguin. Lies and double-crosses, secret police and explosions, a carriage chase, a mattress stuffed with cash and a one-eyed master of disguise... In 1907, the revolutionary Joseph Djugashvili - who would later take the name Joseph Stalin - met with an old friend, a clerk at...

Shotguns and Stagecoaches tells the true stories of the Wild West heroes who guarded the iconic Wells Fargo stagecoaches and trains, battling colorful thieves, vicious highwaymen, and robbers armed with explosives. The phrase "riding shotgun" was no teenage game to the men who guarded...

Riley Wolfe, the master thief and master of disguise is back with Fool Me Twice, with a bigger take and much higher stakes. Can he steal a fresco in Rome, an actual painted wall, for the arms dealer who has captured him and threatened him in the most personal way? If anyone can get away with it, it's Riley Wolfe. He's always liked a challenge, and there is nothing more satisfying than robbing and perhaps even double-crossing the rich!

Unwanted and neglected from birth, Barbara Graham had to overcome the odds just to survive. Her beauty was both a blessing and a curse—offering her too many options of all the wrong kind. Her innate sensitivity left her vulnerable to the harsh realities of the street, where she was left to fend for herself before she reached double digits. Her record of petty crimes spoke to a life that constantly teetered on the brink of disaster. But in 1953, a catastrophic twist of fate would catapult her out of obscurity and into the headlines.

Working her way up from gruelling bootcamp training to leading a drug interdiction operation seizing €700 million of cocaine from a yacht off the Kerry coast, she was a leader among men and rose to every challenge. Developing a love of the sea, Gleeson learned that to be at one with it required agility, and a willingness to change, to go with the wind – not against it. These lessons prepared her for operating without a life raft when her personal life threw her the greatest challenge of all.

When surgeons completed the world’s first hand transplant in 1998, it was supposed to be a moment of triumph. Never before had a dead man’s limb been grafted onto the living, and the possibilities for amputees, accident victims, and those born with congenital defects were nothing short of extraordinary. But the patient they chose—Clint Hallam, a businessman from New Zealand who longed to hold both of his children’s hands, embrace his wife, and play the piano again—wasn’t who he claimed to be.

In April 2015, as London slowed down for the Easter holiday, a team of aging ex-gangsters crept into the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Company and pulled off a meticulously planned vault raid. Using old-school tools and street-hardened experience, they drilled through two feet of concrete and walked away with over £14 million in jewels, gold, and cash. But it wasn’t long before the law caught up—thanks to modern surveillance, carelessness, and old rivalries.

Port Talbot, 1958. A town of smoke and steel, sea air and shift work, terraced streets and quiet watchfulness. It is the kind of place where people do not simply live alongside one another, they notice one another. They notice who is tired, who is drinking more than usual, who has started keeping strange hours, and who is carrying the kind of tension that does not belong to ordinary life. In a town like this, privacy is never absolute. The streets are close, the routines are known, and the town itself behaves like a witness—silent, patient, and rarely fooled for long.

Discover the remarkable life of Butch Cassidy... Few children dream of growing up to rob banks and hold up trains, and Butch Cassidy was no exception. His transformation from an idealistic ranch hand to one of the most legendary outlaws of the American West was a slow, steady slide into a life of crime, shaped by choices that seemed small at the time but would alter the course of his entire existence.

La Banda Battestini, così chiamata per il cognome di due fratelli che ne facevano parte, è stata una banda criminale pescarese, attiva dalla fine degli anni 70 all'inizio degli anni 80 e protagonista di una serie di rapine. Ne facevano parte i fratelli Rolando e Pasquale, Italo Ceci (freddato poi nel 2012 a Pescara), Massimo Ballone, Raimondo Coletta e altri.

'An incredible tale.' – The Daily Mail Prolific armed robber. Close ally of Joey Pyle. Friend and fellow inmate of the Kray twins. Last man to stand trial with a Kray brother. First prisoner in the notorious Belmarsh Unit … Welcome to Ronnie Field's world. There was a code. It's not there...

London, 1922. Orphan girl Alice dreams there's more to life than toiling long hours in Pink's jam factory. Inspired by stories about the legendary Queen of Thieves, Mary Carr, who terrorised the streets of Victorian London, Alice decides to set up her own gang: The Forty Thieves. Sly seamstress Kate Felix from Whitechapel has the same plan and will stop at nothing to keep Alice and her pals off her turf in the West End shops. But Alice is determined to win at all costs, hitting the headlines as the Bob-Haired Bandit.   

Before the 1920s found their roar, a charismatic gambling addict named Roy Gardner dominated news headlines with daring train robberies and escapes from incarceration. Nicknamed "the Smiling Bandit," Gardner spilled no blood—except his own—as he cut a felonious path across the western United States, as the country hobbled through a recession in the aftermath of the First World War. Alcatraz Ghost Story explores the life of Roy Gardner in the context of his great love story and the larger backdrop of drug addiction, incarceration, and the racial and labor violence of the 1920s and 1930s.

As a string of high-profile jewel thefts went unsolved during the Swinging Sixties, the press dubbed the elusive thief the King of Diamonds. Like Cary Grant in To Catch a Thief, the King was so bold that he tip-toed into the homes of millionaires while they were home, hiding in their closets and daring to smoke while they were sleeping. Rena Pederson, then a young reporter with UPI, started following the elusive thief while she managed the night desk. With gymnastic skill, he climbed trees and crawled across rooftops to take jewels from heiresses, oil kings, corporate CEOs.

Tra il 1887 e il 1960 il Brasile accoglie oltre un milione e mezzo di italiani. Uno di loro è Gino Amleto Meneghetti, che arriva da Pisa con una carriera già avviata: ladro professionista. Sbarcato nel 1913, l'anno seguente sconta già la prima condanna e, colpo dopo colpo, Gino diventa il nemico pubblico numero 1 della polizia di San Paolo.

Actors, musicians, TV personalities, and other public figures in the spotlight aren’t always who they appear to be. You might be surprised by just how many have led nefarious, double lives, and have become infamous criminals! Power, status, and a rich lifestyle aren’t barriers to criminal behavior. Yes, people from all walks of life commit crimes. But the people featured here are not your typical neighbors or subway passengers—they are household names and Hollywood stars.

From daring heists to the ultimate escape, discover the true story of Punch Stanimirovic, his extraordinary crew, and his high-society family. Edgar Award winner and New York Times bestselling author Burl Barer brings to light the remarkable story of four decades and two generations of America's First Family of kind and generous "altruistic outlaws" in Stealing Manhattan: The Untold Story of America's Billion Dollar Gem Heist Masterminds.

Shaun Attwood, former ecstasy kingpin in Arizona turned author and podcast-host, has gained a reputation for earning the trust of some of the world's most dangerous people, including gangsters, serial killers, and mafia enforcers. Drawing on his many hours of interview material, along with new content exclusive to the book, Shaun collates a collection of hard-hitting conversations with ten of the most dangerous female gangsters he's met.

The story of Australia's last bushranging gang - the murderous Kenniffs. Easter Sunday, 1902, deep in the Carnarvon Ranges a police constable and station manager are slain then later incinerated, their remains stuffed into saddlebags. Accused of the ghoulish crime are two members of the...

Step into the shadowy realm of the Patriarca Mafia Crime Family, where power, deception, and ambition intermingle to create a riveting saga that has left an indelible mark on New England's criminal history. In this meticulously documented narrative, Mafia Library uncovers the untold story of one of America's most infamous crime families, tracing its origins from the turbulent days of Prohibition to its enduring presence in the 21st century.