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Flawless
- Inside the Largest Diamond Heist in History
- Narrated by: Don Hagen
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
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Publisher's Summary
On February 15, 2003, a group of thieves broke into an allegedly airtight vault in the international diamond capital of Antwerp, Belgium and made off with over $108 million dollars worth of diamonds and other valuables. They did so without tripping an alarm or injuring a single guard in the process.
Although the crime was perfect, the getaway was not. The police zeroed in on a band of professional thieves fronted by Leonardo Notarbartolo, a dapper Italian who had rented an office in the Diamond Center and clandestinely cased its vault for over two years. The who of the crime had been answered, but the how remained largely a mystery.
Enter Scott Andrew Selby, a Harvard Law grad and diamond expert, and Greg Campbell, author of Blood Diamonds, who undertook a global goose chase to uncover the true story behind the daring heist. Tracking the threads of the story throughout Europe from Belgium to Italy, in seedy cafes and sleek diamond offices, the authors sorted through an array of conflicting details, divergent opinions and incongruous theories to put together the puzzle of what actually happened that Valentines Day weekend.
This real-life Ocean's Eleven, a combination of diamond history, journalistic reportage, and riveting true-crime story, provides a thrilling in-depth study detailing the better-than-fiction heist of the century.
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- Anonymous User
- 09-12-2022
Wonderful
Just brilliant! Gotta love Antwerp and it’s Diamond history. Great historical event that happened with top results.
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- Mark
- 03-10-2020
Great read and good mix between facts and discriptions
Good book well worth the listen!
Good history lesson and background to the Diamond industry
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- Gregory McNulty
- 09-09-2020
Meticulous
I don't remember much about this case but after reading this I reckon i am an expert now. The book was so detailed. Without sounding petty it may have been to detailed and rambled on in parts. However if you like true crime without blood & guts this is worth a listen. Great narration also.
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- Charles
- 03-09-2020
Enlightened
After listening to Michael Caines series Heist, I ended up at Flawless. Lesson from this book: if the will is strong enough, anything is achievable with careful planning and execution, also nothing is secure when there's a human element involved
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