Death Warrant: Kenneth Noye, the Brink's-Mat Robbery And The Gold
By (Author) Will Pearson
Orion Publishing Co
Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
10th May 2007
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
364.1523092
Paperback
304
Width 168mm, Height 198mm, Spine 24mm
288g
On a cold grey morning in 1983 a gang of masked and armed men stole 26 million in gold bullion from the Brink's-Mat high-security warehouse near Heathrow. The biggest robbery in British history, it unleashed a trail of murder, betrayal and revenge.
Will Pearson's searing, no-punches-pulled page-turner takes us from the grimy back streets of Peckham via secret Spanish villas and a Cosa Nostra Florida condominium to the high life in Switzerland, playing an expert light on one of the most extraordinary stories in the history of crime.An engrossing read that will grip you by the throat * DAILY MAIL *
Will Pearson is a journalist, broadcaster and writer. When the first Gulf War broke out, realising there was a great story waiting to be told, he approached RAF pilot Flt Lt John Peters and navigator Flt Lt John Nichol - who had been shot down and captured by the Iraqis - to write the best-selling TORNADO DOWN. Since then, he has written five more books, including THE SHOOTING GALLERY, a searing account of life in the SAS. He lives in London with his wife and two children.