Caper/Heist Mystery Authors

Daniel Silva is the award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author.  His thriller and spy books are published in more than thirty countries and are bestsellers around the world. He serves on the United States Holocaust Memorial Council and lives in Florida with his wife, CNN special correspondent Jamie Gangel, and their two children, Lily and Nicholas. Read any of the following novels with the caper/heist story line.

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The Rembrandt Affair (#10 of the Gabriel Allon Series)​

The Heist (#14 of the Gabriel Allon Series)

The Collector (#23 of the Gabriel Allon Series)

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Donald Edwin Westlake, who also writes as Richard Stark, was an American writer with more than one hundred novels and non-fiction books to his credit. He specialized in crime fiction, especially comic capers, with an occasional foray into science fiction and other genres. Read any of his caper/heist mystery series featuring the following characters.

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John Dortmunder (The Dortmunder Mystery Series) (as Westlake)

Parker (Parker Novels) (as Stark)

Chris Ewan is a British crime and mystery writer. He is best known for his "Good Thief" series of travelling adventures featuring Charlie Howard, a thief and author of his own crime series. Read any of his caper/heist mystery series featuring the following character.

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Charlie Howard (Good Thief's Guide to... Series)

Scott Lynch is an American fantasy author, best known for the Gentleman Bastard Sequence series of novels. Lynch's debut novel, The Lies of Locke Lamora, was a World Fantasy Award finalist in 2007 and is on the many best heist book lists. In 2007 and 2008 Lynch was nominated for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. Lynch received the Sydney J. Bounds Best Newcomer Award from the British Fantasy Society in 2008. Read any of his caper/heist mysteries featuring the following character.

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Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastards Series)