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English
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"Sid and Ronnie Abel are a first-rate husband-and-wife detective team, both retirees of the LAPD. Ed and Nicole Hoyt are married assassins-for-hire living in the San Fernando Valley. Except for deadly aim with a handgun, the two couples have little in common--until they are both hired to do damage control on the same murder case. As the book races toward a high-octane climax, the Abels must fend for their own lives as they circle ever closer to the...
5) Wyatt
Author
Series
Publisher
Soho Crime
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Hoping for a straightforward jewel heist, Wyatt is forced to partner with Eddie Oberin and Eddie's intelligent ex-wife, Lydia, who possesses critical inside information, in a plot that proves unexpectedly complicated.
Author
Series
Warriors of Poseidon novels volume 6
Publisher
Berkley Sensation
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Christophe, powerful Warrior of Poseidon, teams up with Fiona Campbell, the notorious jewel thief known as the Scarlet Ninja, to break into the Tower of London and steal the Siren--one of the missing jewels from Poseidon's trident.
Author
Series
Unholy Trinity series volume 3
Publisher
Brava/Kensington Pub
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Finn Dalton is once again drawn to British heiress and jewel thief Felicity Trent, who is at his mercy when he discovers her scantily clad and handcuffed to a bed in a posh Manhattan hotel room.
10) Thieves like us
Author
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
After ditching "the world's worst husband," Janet Aims hocks her wedding ring and a ridiculously tacky necklace to cash in on her marriage losses. But just when Janet thinks she's buried the past, the police claim that the necklace is part of the stolen Pellinni jewel collection. With Colombian gangsters hot on her trail, Janet turns to ex-con Rocky Hernandez, the one man who knows the ins and outs of Detroit's seedy underbelly.
Author
Series
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
With a series of jewelry thefts targeting the first-class passengers on P&O ocean liners, the powers-that-be ask Phryne Fisher to mingle with the upper classes to solve a case of theft on the S.S. Hinemoa, during a luxury cruise to New Zealand.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 140
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
c2015.
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IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"The Aldens are on a special vacation up north to see the Calgary Stampede -- a cowboy celebration of Canada's frontier spirit! There's a parade through the streets of Calgary, a spectacular stage show, and plenty of fun things to do. But behind the scenes at the festival, an important piece of jewelry goes missing. Can the Boxcar Children find the thief before the big show is ruined?".
Author
Series
Sons of sin (Anna Campbell) volume 2
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Brilliant scholar Genevieve Barrett's secret identity as the author of her father's articles is her greatest deception -- until her father's handsome new student arrives on their doorstep. Genevieve recognizes him as the masked intruder who earlier tried to steal a priceless gem from their home. Keeping the seductive stranger's identity hidden is a risk, but she's got secrets of her own to keep.
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Series
Edilean series volume 5
Language
English
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Deveraux's novel follows graduate student Gemma Ranford as she takes a job cataloging old family papers for the Fraziers in Edilean, Virginia. The family is looking for clues to a lost heirloom--a stone said to grant wishes. But soon eldest Frazier son Colin becomes entranced by another gem--the captivating Gemma.
15) Blaque Pearle
Author
Publisher
Black Odyssey Media
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Before her Hollywood dreams were shattered, Pearle Monalise Brown was the tenacious aspiring actress from Compton's unforgiving, scarred streets. Never broken, Pearle switches gears to a fallback plan--resorting to her beauty and acting skills to swindle money and expensive jewels. When she's hired by the Colombian cartel to steal a priceless Basquiat from the debonair kingpin and art collector, Blaque, her talents might not be enough to keep her...
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Series
Publisher
Crooked Lane Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
New York City, winter 1888. A jewel thief dubbed "Robin Hood of the Lower East Side" has been stealing from the city's wealthiest and giving to the poor. Genevieve Stewart, who forged a life of her own as a reporter, decides to chase the story. But she gets more than she bargained for: a murder victim sprawled in a dark alley in the dangerous Five Points neighborhood. A tough comes to her rescue, but she encounters the same man at a glamorous ball...
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In this high-interest accessible novel for teen readers, an unlikely duo try to solve the murder of an international jewel thief."--
Helping his mother run the family hotel doesn't usually offer much excitement. The only other people around are Penny Price, a spoiled child actor and star of the hit TV series Little Miss Murder being shot in town, and Mr. Ignato, an elderly resident at the hotel. When Mr. Ignato dies from a fall down the stairs,...
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Series
Trillium Bay novels volume 2
Publisher
Montlake Romance
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
As the youngest mayor Trillium Bay has ever elected, Brooke Callaghan wants to prove she's up to the challenge. If she's going to (literally) stumble her first day on the job, why not fall into the arms of a handsome stranger? Leo Walker is handsome, single, funny, and-- most importantly-- interested in Brooke. Unfortunately, his reasons for being on the island are temporary, so in spite of the undeniable chemistry between them, he's not a forever...
19) To catch an earl
Author
Series
Bow Street bachelors volume 2
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Alex Harland, Earl of Melton and dedicated rake, never pictured himself as an agent of inquiry. But the thrill of investigation is a challenge he now embraces. When he's asked to pursue the Nightjar, a notorious thief who is reclaiming France's crown jewels, the case throws him into the path of the beautiful and equally elusive Emmy Danvers, reminding him of the only puzzle he's never solved: the identity of the mysterious woman who once stole a...
Author
Series
Trilogía Stella Nera volume 1
Publisher
Grijalbo
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Aurora es conocida en todo el mundo como "la ladrona de guante negro", la experta criminal que se esconde tras los mayores robos de joyas de la historia. Lleva años burlándose de la policía y sus actos la han convertido en una mujer cruel y despiadada, en alguien que no le teme a nada y que es incapaz de resistirse a las piedras preciosas más singulares. Aurora nunca ha tenido rival y su fijación ha encontrado un nuevo objetivo: el Zafiro de...
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