Summary: Robie is suspected of a new rash of gem thefts in the luxury hotels of the French Riviera, and he must set out to clear himself. Meeting pampered heiress Frances, he sees a chance to bait the mysterious thief with her mother's fabulous jewels. His plan backfires, however, but Frances, who believes him guilty, proves her love by helping him escape. In a spine-tingling climax, the real criminal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Home Entertainment 2012
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1 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY THRILLER TOClark, Mary Higgins
Summary: "A glamorous cruise on a luxurious ocean liner turns deadly in the latest mystery from "Queen of Suspense" and #1 New York Times bestselling author Mary Higgins Clark. Fleeing a disastrous and humiliating arrest of her husband-to-be on the eve of their wedding, Celia Kilbride, a gems and jewelry expert, hopes to escape from public attention by lecturing on a brand-new cruise ship--the Queen...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: M CLASummary: A quiet yet cunning schoolteacher recruits an elite team of international criminals for the ultimate caper: robbing $10 million in diamonds from an impenetrable Rio De Janeiro vault at the frenzied peak of Carnival.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Summary: "Crime is bubbling up in Dinotown . . . and it stinks! In this hilarious graphic novel, the Dinomighties need to sniff out their smelliest mystery yet. Will their noses lead them to the culprit? Or will the odor of their enemies prevail?" --
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: When several diamonds are stolen from a jewelry store in Marseilles, the heist bears the hallmarks of the supposedly retired Pink Panther gang. After a child is accidentally killed in their getaway, the thieves resort to desperate measures to fence the jewels. This sparks a series of events that set a British insurance-loss adjuster, a French-Algerian cop, and a Serbian soldier turned diamond...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV LASBright, J. E.
Summary: When a priceless, jewel encrusted bird statue is installed atop a skyscraper in Gotham, Catwoman and the Penguin have their eyes on the prize, and it is up to Batman to stop them from stealing the jewels.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Stone Arch Books 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC SUPChilds, Laura
Summary: "Tea shop owner Theodosia Browning's life heats up when a gala at a local jewelry store serves up heists and homicide alongside her herbal teas ... Catering a high-class trunk show at Heart's Desire Jewelry is a shining achievement for Theodosia and the Indigo Tea Shop. After all, a slew of jewelers, museums, and private collectors will be there to showcase their wares and sip some of Theo's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Prime Crime 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHIDesai, Sara
Summary: "To exonerate her best friend, one woman must mastermind a jewelry heist during the wedding of the season in this hilarious romantic-comedy caper. Simi Chopra is on a bad-luck streak. She's lost yet another job, her student loan debt won't stop growing, her basement apartment is a certifiable flood zone, and now her best friend has been accused of stealing a multimillion-dollar diamond...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Romance 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Gentleman of leisure, ladies' man, and professional cricketer A.J. Raffles has an unusual hobby: grand larceny. Follow his mischievous adventures with his old school chum Bunny as they hobnob with, and rob, the high society of Victorian England. Includes the never-before-released pilot episode.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 2010
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Summary: When Miss Katherine Grey unexpectedly inherits a small fortune, she books the famous Blue Train for a trip to the French Riviera. Her new milieu includes millionaire Ruth Kettering, Ruth's estranged husband, a French mistress, and an inquisitive foreign man with an egg-shaped head and waxed moustache. But Nice is not so nice, for on arrival the gendarmerie asks Miss Grey to ID the strangled...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Books/Pocket Books 1928
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Summary: "Something's lurking beneath the famous staircase at The Jefferson, Richmond's historic downtown hotel. Back in 1895, when the hotel opened, real alligators roamed free in the courtyard fountains. That was ages ago ... or was it? When young brothers Sam and Derek arrive the The Jefferson for an elegant wedding weekend with their parents, they love exploring the old hotel. But when the wedding...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in JT Series, Call number: JT Series SmithSummary: An aging criminal is released from prison and decides to assemble the old gang to go on one last perfect heist.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment Co. 2004
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Place a hold to request this item.Winslow, Don
Summary: "No matter how you come into this world, you come out broken ... In six intense short novels connected by the themes of crime, corruption, vengeance, justice, loss, betrayal, guilt and redemption, Broken is #1 international bestseller Don Winslow at his nerve-shattering, heart-stopping, heartbreaking best. In Broken, he creates a world of high-level thieves and low-life crooks, obsessed cops...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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Summary: "A wildly entertaining road trip novel featuring a college dropout and an eighty-four-year-old woman off on the adventure of their lives, full of tremendous heart, wit, and wisdom from the USA Today bestselling author of The Invisible Husband of Frick Island Twenty-three-year-old Tanner Quimby needs a place to live. Preferably one where she can continue sitting around in sweatpants and playing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC OAKArcher, Jeffrey
Summary: "Impenetrable. Well protected. Secure. Home to the most valuable jewels on earth. But once a year, when the Queen attends the State Opening of Parliament, the Metropolitan Police must execute the most secret operation in their armory as they transport the Crown Jewels across London. For decades, the elite squad at Scotland Yard have been in charge of the operation. And for decades, it's run...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC ARCSummary: A stolen Hindu diamond, the Moonstone, works its curse after being stolen from it's shrine. Just before Rachel's birthday, a man named Franklin Blake announces to Rachel that the Moonstone has been bequeathed to her by Herncastle. Blake gives her the jewel on her birthday and offers to mount the jewel for her to wear. The jewel goes missing and Rachel believes that Blake stole it. Determined to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Boston Video 2005
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV MOOBeckman, Jonathan
Summary: Describes the Affair of the Diamond Necklace and how it further tarnished the already poor reputation of Marie Antoinette among the French people.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Press, a member of teh Perseus Books Group 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 944.04 BECKeene, Carolyn.
Summary: A search for stolen jewelry takes Nancy to New Orleans where she uncovers a swindling racket in which a medium uses her trade to relieve victims of their valuables.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 1995
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Summary: While settling her aunt's affairs with the help of Naveen Desai, a lawyer--and the man she rejected--Mira and Naveen find themselves in a mad dash through Las Vegas, following clues to untangle the mess her family left behind, which puts both their lives in danger.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC RAITreml, Renée
Summary: Prehistoric skeleton and museum detective Sherlock Bones and his stuffed-parrot sidekick, Watts, outmaneuver a sneaky raccoon to track down a missing Royal Blue Diamond.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Etch/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 TREGibbs, Stuart
Summary: While visiting a ranch near Yellowstone National Park with his parents, Summer, and her parents, Teddy Fitzroy investigates the disappearances of bison and an irreplaceable necklace.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2021
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Summary: "It's perfect weather for a day at the beach! Barbie's friend Raquelle arrives dressed to impress with a diamond necklace, gold bracelet, and ruby ring. But when she takes her jewels off to go swimming. Raquelle returns to find them missing! Can Barbie and her sisters discover the true identity of the beach bandit?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Rachel Verinder finds herself inheriting a large Indian diamond on her eighteenth birthday as a legacy from her uncle, a corrupt British army officer who served in India. The diamond, associated with the Hindu moon god, is of great religious significance as well as being extremely valuable, and there are whispers of a curse placed upon it. Sure enough, the stone is stolen from Rachel's bedroom...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BBC 2018
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Summary: "The Tower of London. Impenetrable. Well protected. Secure. Home to the most valuable jewels on earth. But once a year, when the Queen attends the State Opening of Parliament, the police must execute the most secret operation in their armory as they transport the Crown Jewels across London. For decades, the elite squad at Scotland Yard have been in charge of the operation. But this year,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2023