It was the heist no one saw coming-from the criminals no one expected.
In April 2015, as London slowed down for the Easter holiday, a team of aging ex-gangsters crept into the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Company and pulled off a meticulously planned vault raid. Using old-school tools and street-hardened experience, they drilled through two feet of concrete and walked away with over 14 million in jewels, gold, and cash. But it wasn't long before the law caught up-thanks to modern surveillance, carelessness, and old rivalries.
The Hatton Garden Heist: The Old-School Diamond Raid (2015) tells the full story of the UK's most unexpected modern crime, blending humor, history, and high-stakes drama. James G. Edwards II takes readers inside the minds of the aging criminals, the baffled investigators, and the fascinated public that couldn't look away.