The Million-Dollar Car Detective
Inside the Worldwide Hunt for a Stolen $7 Million Car
$69.05
- Hardcover
320 pages
- Release Date
1 January 1970
Summary
A stolen car worth $7 million. A broke private investigator. Best friends turned worst enemies.
And the global manhunt neither saw coming.
In 2001, thieves parked a box truck in front of an aging tycoon’s factory, cut the phone lines, and used an overhead crane to lift out their prize: a 1938 Talbot-Lago T150C-SS Teardrop coupe–“the most beautiful car in the world” and one of only two in existence–then they disappeared into the night.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781982650681 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1982650680 |
| Author: | Stayton Bonner |
| Publisher: | Blackstone Publishing |
| Imprint: | Blackstone Publishing |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 1 January 1970 |
| Weight: | 576g |
| Dimensions: | 232mm x 158mm x 36mm |
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“An electrifying true-crime book that possesses the hallmarks of a Catch Me if You Can, incorporating elements of Drive. Author Stayton Bonner deftly relates the particulars of the story in a succinct but thorough way, profiling both adversaries and their battle both in and out of the courtroom.”
– “Booklist”“Reads like an amazing combination of The Fast and the Furious and John Wick.”
– “Don Winslow”“Stayton Bonner has a knack for unearthing sleek stories from the margins of American society that reveal whole subcultures few of us knew existed. I immensely enjoyed this tale of rolling Rembrandts and petroleum-fueled Picassos. In brisk, clean prose reminiscent of Chandler and Hammett, Bonner takes us into a noir world of heists and intrigues, of fast cars and fast living–and, in doing so, pierces the wild, weird heart of human obsession.”
– “Hampton Sides, New York Times bestselling author of Hellhound on His Trail and The Wide Wide Sea”“Stayton Bonner has written one hell of a terrific true-life thriller. Filled with offbeat characters, wonderful locations, and exciting twists driven by American ambition and greed, I devoured this book. Toss aside your same old podcasts and routine mysteries for an addictive tale that fires on all cylinders and doesn’t let go until that final page.”
– “Ace Atkins, New York Times bestselling author of Don’t Let the Devil Ride and Everybody Wants to Rule the World”About The Author
Stayton Bonner
Stayton Bonner is a former senior editor at Rolling Stone nominated for the Dan Jenkins Medal for Excellence in Sportswriting. His journalism has appeared in publications including GQ, Esquire, and Outside. His previous book, Bare Knuckle, was a USA Today national bestseller.
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