Heist

A gripping collection of elaborate thefts, confidence tricks and impossible missions, including the Hatton Garden heist

Eight of the best heist stories packed with suspense, ingenuity, humour and deception, these fantastic productions will have you gripped from start to finish.

In the audacious Mountain of Light by Simon Bovey, it’s 1851 and London buzzes with the wonders at The Great Exhibition. To housebreaker John Rayverne, it's harvest time as fine houses stand empty while the occupants attend the spectacle. But his activities have come to the notice of a Governor of the Bank of England. Can Rayverne’s pull off the impossible and steal one of the Exhibition's most famous exhibits: the world's largest diamond, the Koh-i-Noor…?
The Moonflask by Paul Sellar is a modern caper centred on a priceless Ming vase and a group of unlikely conspirators. When a group of people meet on a back to work course, they pool their various skills to steal a priceless Ming vase from an auction house and return it to its rightful owner. But just who is conning who in this action-packed drama?
Philip Palmer’s The Hatton Garden Heist explores the birth of a legend. One of the most audacious crimes of the last 30 years, in which a gang of thieves stole jewellery and cash with an estimated value of up to £200M from a secure vault in the heart of London was a media sensation. The criminals involved are now all in jail - all except one… It's a story of murder, vengeance and gold.
Caterpillars by Laura Bridgeman and Charles Lambert is a comedy drama set in Edinburgh. Disinherited by her stepmother, Amber Buchanan determines to honour the memory of her father by entering into the family trade: crime. But has she got what it takes to pull off the perfect heist?

In Burglar’s Bargains by Wally K Daly, listen to the story of Charles and George, who for 16 years have helped former prisoners to make a new start. But with forced retirement imminent, they decide to cross the line into criminality and mastermind the heist of the century - but events don't go entirely to plan, as they get tangled up with rival gangs, the Mafia and naked shop assistants...
'Tomorrow morning, gentlemen, we are going to defraud the Sesame Credit Card Company of something in excess of a quarter of a million pounds'. Credit Risk by R D Wingfield sees if Mr Shadbolt's cunning plan can possibly succeed?
Raiders of the Lost Cask by Abir Mukherjee is a Highland heist. Sunita lives a quiet life in the village of Glentorrance but when a letter arrives her husband’s shady past threatens to disrupt their lives. Sunita is spurred into an unwanted adventure which will change everything.
Neighbours of Zero by Peter Bradshaw is a hilarious short story revealing the perils of the betting shop, involving a neat new system for laundering money, a betting shop heist and moral retribution - of sorts… Read by Daniel Mays.

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