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Royal Heist: A Novel (Mass Market Paperback)

by Lynda La Plante (Author) "June 2001 : Royal Ascot was into its third day, with crowds enjoying the unusually warm, sunny weather ..." (more)

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Mass Market Paperback: 448 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books; Reprint edition (May 31 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0812968034
ISBN-13: 978-0812968033
Product Dimensions: 16.6 x 10.6 x 4.8 cm
Shipping Weight: 223 g

Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

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La Plante (Prime Suspect, etc.) heads for Ascot in this involving heist novel about a British champion racehorse owner who decides to steal the Crown Jewels after losing his fortune in an Internet scam. Son of a London bookie, husband of a Swedish beauty and owner of an enviable stable of horses, Edward de Jersey is also the retired mastermind of one of Britain's most famous unsolved robberies, a man who would rather die than give up his life of privilege. Step by step, he plans, prepares and executes a modern version of the Great Train Robbery, overcoming computerized security systems and penetrating royal protocol. De Jersey brutally dispenses enemies and boldly protects friends on both sides of the Atlantic, but it is his team of accomplices that makes this classic crime caper a compelling read, among them Pamela, the ex-con television actress; Lord Westbrook, the disgraced palace equerry; and Marsh, the computer whiz turned crook. La Plante's knowledge of the sport of kings, her sense of irony in human relationships and her deceptively cool narrative style allow her to visit familiar crime fiction territory with aplomb. She does not create the equal of her Masterpiece Theatre detective Jane Tennison, but she weaves an intricate story of crime and character that starts off slowly and then keeps the reader guessing as it gallops to a photo finish.
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La Plante's most famous work is the gritty PBS crime drama Prime Suspect; her latest is also imaginable as a television miniseries but of a very different kind--the high-concept variety featuring great wealth, thoroughbred racehorses, a cosmopolitan setting, and beautiful women with incredibly big jewels. Throw in a little greed, jealousy, adultery, theft, and murder, and you're ready for prime time. Royal Heist, however, is several cuts above its glossy brethren, thanks to a remarkable protagonist named Edward de Jersey (think Pierce Brosnan). A self-made British billionaire with a Swedish trophy wife, de Jersey is so darned likable that readers may feel slightly guilty rooting him on as he plots to steal the crown jewels--especially when a couple of people are murdered along the way. While the "heist" itself isn't all that believable, it's not enough to take our minds off de Jersey's cool head under pressure or his love for his racehorse Royal Flush. La Plante's opulent opus offers readers a chance to identify with a charismatic hero who romps with the super-rich. Jenny McLarin
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4.0 out of 5 stars A curiously mannered caper novel., July 14 2004

By	Henry W. Wagner (Rockaway, NJ USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Royal Heist: A Novel (Hardcover)

Millionaire Edward de Jersey earned his money the hard way, by stealing it. Retiring from crime, he used his ill-gotten gains to recreate himself, becoming a respected fixture of English society. Rising from the streets, the former Edward Jersey has it all-wealth, an ex-model for a wife, a healthy, beautiful family, and a massive estate where he indulges his passion for breeding champion race horses.

That is, however, until the day he discovers he's lost it all, due to a bad investment he made on the advice of a trusted advisor, who, now penniless, has committed suicide. Reluctant to give up the good life, de Jersey conceives of a bold plan to restore his wealth-he and his ex-cronies will pull off the heist of the century, the theft of the Royal Crown Jewels.

A curiously mannered version of Ocean's Eleven, Royal Heist contains little of the immediacy and sly humor evident in that book. Unlike the unforgettable Danny Ocean, de Jersey is curiously lacking in charisma. Although such a failing in its central character could doom a book by a lesser writer than La Plante, it's not fatal to Royal Heist. Full of colorful supporting character who more than make up for de Jersey, the book slowly picks up steam as the caper is planned, then kicks into high gear as the job is actually executed. And, as in the case of Ocean's Eleven, circumstances arise which prove that not even the most gifted crook can plan for every contingency.

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