{"product_id":"northern-heist-9781612199641","title":"Northern Heist","description":"\u003cb\u003eFull of double and triple-crosses . . . \u003ci\u003eNorthern Heist's \u003c\/i\u003edeeds and details seem as real as a smashed kneecap, while its stopwatch tension, heightened by present-tense voice, is reminiscent of such classic caper films as 'Rififi' and 'The Asphalt Jungle.\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA fast-paced, suspenseful thriller based on one of the biggest (and still unsolved) bank-robberies in history, written by a former IRA bank robber. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNobody robs banks in Belfast without the IRA getting a cut -- not even former Provo James 'Ructions' O'Hare. But when word gets around O'Hare may be up to something, the pressure from the IRA begins. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRuctions' trusts his crack squad of former paramilitary compadres, and has full confidence in his audacious plan: To literally empty the biggest bank in Belfast by kidnapping the families of two employees - known as a tiger kidnapping -- in order to force them to help Ructions and his crew get into the bank's vault. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut keeping the plan -- and the money -- from the IRA is another plan entirely, one requiring all Ruction's cunning and skill. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this stunning debut novel, as audacious and well-executed as Ructions' plan to rob the National Bank itself, Richard O'Rawe -- a former IRA bank robber himself - unleashes a story that will shock, surprise and thrill as he takes you on a white-knuckle ride through Belfast's criminal underbelly. Enter the deadly world of tiger kidnappings, kangaroo courts, money laundering, drug deals and double-crosses.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Melville House Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781612199641\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Richard O'Rawe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41574698385589,"sku":"9781612199641","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_9fcc9d4d-3d98-4c98-af2b-40750ae2a70c.jpg?v=1643697986","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/northern-heist-9781612199641","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}