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Author
Series
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Formats
Description
For centuries they’ve lived in secret among northern England’s green and misted hills. Creatures of extraordinary beauty, power, and sensuality, they possess the ability to shape-shift from human to dragon and back again. Now their secret—and their survival—is threatened by a temptation that will break every boundary. . . .
Dubbed the Smoke Thief, a daring jewel thief is confounding the London police. His wealthy...
Dubbed the Smoke Thief, a daring jewel thief is confounding the London police. His wealthy...
Author
Language
English
Description
"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...
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
115 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
The jewelers of Muskrat City are in trouble. A thief has been stealing precious diamonds, and the thief is ... invisible! Can the Heromice protect Duchess Marilyn Mousekovia and her precious Star-Studded Gemstone during her visit to Muskrat City? And more important, will they catch the elusive Invisible Thief?
Publisher
Lionsgate Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
15th anniversary ed.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
They were strangers, together to pull off the perfect jewel heist. Their simple robbery turns into a bloody ambush when they realize one of them is a police informant.
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2002], c1954
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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A retired American jewel thief living on the French Riviera seeks to prove his innocence by exposing the burglar who has been imitating his technique.
Author
Series
Boxcar children volume 140
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
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?"--Jacket flap.
Author
Language
English
Description
A man and a woman who thrive on danger and deception find explosive passion in this compelling novel where nothing is as it seems—from #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts.
The daughter of a world-renowned magician, Roxy Nouvelle has inherited her father’s talents—and his penchant for jewel thievery. Into this colorful world comes Luke Callahan, an escape artist who captures her heart—and keeps...
The daughter of a world-renowned magician, Roxy Nouvelle has inherited her father’s talents—and his penchant for jewel thievery. Into this colorful world comes Luke Callahan, an escape artist who captures her heart—and keeps...
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A notorious diamond thief and two accomplices stop along the highway, where Owen sees them mistreating their dog. The dog runs into the forest where Owen finds him. The thugs have put a $5 million stolen jewel on the dog and are desperate to get it back.
Author
Series
Diamond thief volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
By day Rémy Brunel is a daring circus acrobat, by night she is an equally talented jewel thief currently assigned to steal a famous diamond in Victorian London--but when the theft goes wrong she finds herself allied with a young policeman as they try to find the elusive gem.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the ebullient spirit of Ocean's 8, The Heist, and Thelma & Louise, a sensational and entertaining memoir of the world's most notorious jewel thief—a woman who defied society's prejudices and norms to carve her own path, stealing from elite jewelers to live her dreams.
Growing up during the Depression in the segregated coal town of Slab Fork, West Virginia, Doris Payne was told her dreams were unattainable for
...Author
Series
Miss Julia series volume 8
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Formats
Description
New York Times best-selling author Ann B. Ross creates endearing characters whose earnest exploits trigger wholesome laughter. This time, America's favorite senior citizen takes on thieves who've stolen her jewelry. Although it's not the first time they've targeted her small North Carolina town, Miss Julia vows to make it the last. Soon she and her posse rush to Palm Beach for some sun, sand, and a bizarre stakeout. But how can two elderly ladies,...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
266 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When Alfie McQuinn, the notorious jewel thief, is killed on a job, his last words to his son, March, are to "find jewels" and this instruction leads the boy to Jules, the twin sister he never knew he had--and the perfect partner to carry on the family business.
Author
Series
Batman strikes! volume 6
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
A thief is stealing priceless diamonds in Gotham City, and the cops are after Catwoman for the crime--but for once she is innocent, and it is up to Batman to find the real culprit.
16) Dog gone
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A notorious diamond thief and two accomplices stop along the highway, where Owen sees them mistreating their dog. The dog runs into the forest where Owen finds him. The thugs have put a $5 million stolen jewel on the dog and are desperate to get it back.
17) Gaslight
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A susceptible young woman marries a suave, romantic man never suspecting that he is a murderous scoundrel, obsessed with finding the jewels hidden in her London home. She becomes the helpless victim as slowly, insidiously, he drives her to the brink of insanity.
18) Man on a ledge
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ex-cop Nick Cassidy escapes from prison to plan the ultimate heist: steal a $40 million diamond from cutthroat businessman David Englander, and in the process prove his innocence. From the ledge of the famous Roosevelt Hotel, with the whole world watching, Cassidy plays a clever game of cat & mouse with the NYPD while his dutiful brother Joey works against the clock to extract the diamond and clear his brother's name.
20) Joey & Ella
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a baby kangaroo gets accidentally swept up in a jewelry heist, she becomes separated from her mother for the first time in her young life. Alone and frightened, a worldly teenage girl Ella, who also knows the pain of losing her mother, discovers her and nurses the joey back to health. However, when Joey is falsely implicated in the robbery, Ella has to work quickly to reunite her with her mother before she's either captured by the bumbling jewel...
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