Catalog Search Results
Publisher
Vertical Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Kate Paxton, an expert safe-cracker, wakes up captive in a fortified warehouse along with three other notorious thieves. Forced to plan the perfect diamond heist by a cunning master thief, they must use their combined expertise to penetrate multiple layers of advanced security before a bomb detonates.
2) Shatterproof
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
The fourth book in the CAHILLS VS. VESPERS series, the follow up to the worldwide bestseller THE 39 CLUES.
After pulling some spectacular heists, Amy and Dan have become two of Interpol's most wanted criminals. So when Vesper One orders them to steal the world's largest diamond, they know they're facing life in prison . . . or worse. But with the Cahill hostages still in peril, Amy and Dan have no choice but to launch a mission that leads...Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
Special ed.
Language
English
Description
When a star soccer coach is murdered and his priceless Pink Panther diamond stolen, France is in an uproar. Fortunately, Inspector Jacques Clouseau is on the case. He doesn't have a clue, but for Clouseau, that is just a minor detail. With his partner, Gilbert Ponton, he goes from one misadventure to the next, leaving mayhem in his wake. From the boulevards of Paris to the streets of New York. Will he be able to seduce the pop diva, Xania? Will he...
4) Treasures
Author
Series
Publisher
Silhouette Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Leiutenant Seth Buchanan's homicide investigation falls apart when the victim, Grace Fontaine, turns up alive and in possession of a huge blue diamond; also, Kate hires deep-sea diver Ky Silver to help her find sunken treasure in honor of her late father's work as an explorer.
Author
Publisher
Atria Paperback
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
First Washington Square Press trade paperback edition.
Language
English
Description
As empires rose and fell and mighty kings jostled for power, its glittering radiance never dimmed. It is the 'Mountain of Light'-the Kohinoor diamond-and its facets reflect a sweeping story of love, adventure, conquest, and betrayal. Its origins are the stuff of myth, but for centuries this spectacular gem changes hands from one ruler to another in India, Persia, and Afghanistan. In 1850, the ancient stone is sent halfway around the world where it...
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Full screen.
Language
English
Description
Two master thieves are finally retiring after one last incredibly succesful heist. Moving to the Bahamas to reside in their own tropical paradise, the pair's old nemesis, FBI Agent Stan P. Lloyd shows up to make sure they really are retired. Docked in the port is a ocean liner called the "Diamond Cruise" and Stan is convinced that they're not really retired at all, and that this is just the next set up. While Lola is busy settling into their new life,...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
Unabridged
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Arthur Bash is the school thug-for-hire (paid in candy bars), mostly because he just looks the part, so when orphan Darius Drake offers him three candy bars to accompany him to the run-down Stompanado Housing Complex, and just look menacing, he agrees--and soon finds himself deep in a mystery involving Darius' estranged grandfather, the lost Dunbar Diamonds, and the villainous Jasper Jones.
Author
Series
Diamond thief volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
By day Rémy Brunel is a daring circus acrobat, by night she is an equally talented jewel thief currently assigned to steal a famous diamond in Victorian London--but when the theft goes wrong she finds herself allied with a young policeman as they try to find the elusive gem.
10) A lady unrivaled
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Lady Ella Myerston knows of the danger that haunts her brother, and she intends to put an end to it. While visiting her friend Brook, the true owner of the Fire Eyes diamonds, Ella accidentally gets entangled in an attempt to blackmail the dashing, newly reformed Lord Cayton. Will she become the next casualty of the alleged curse?
11) The big bang
Publisher
Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Three ruthless cops, desperate to find a stash of diamonds hidden in the desert, kidnap a tough private investigator. He recounts the events of his latest case that led to his abduction, which involves a brutal Russian boxer, a missing stripper, and a billionaire surfer looking to recreate the Big Bang. The solution to the mystery will cost ten lives, net $30 million, and just might explain ... well, everything.
Author
Publisher
Covenant Communications
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Jack Mackey has assured his son, Wesley, that the evil woman who pretended for years to be his mother will remain behind bars. But that was before Alex Harris mysteriously disappeared. Now the rules have changed. Wesley and his best friend Amanda decide it is up to them to find Alex, Amanda's soon-to-be stepfather. A little covert detective work leads them to Diamondback Cave--a black hole in the ground invested with rattlesnakes and the hidding place...
Author
Series
Jewel thief (Mobley) volume 2
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2021
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
After the Army of the Republic destroys her town, Claudie and her sister agree to a mission to deliver a valuable stolen jewel to the resistance's leader and Claudia finds herself irresistibly drawn to the man and his cause.
15) Blood diamond
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Language
English
Description
Danny Archer is an ex-mercenary turned smuggler. Solomon Vandy is a local Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join together for two dangerous missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son. The son was conscripted as a child soldier into the brutal rebel forces ripping a swath of torture and bloodshed across the alternately beautiful and ravaged countryside....
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Friday. Craig is an alright guy with some crazy friends. Like Smokey who has 24 hours to pay back Deebo, South Central's nastiest thug, or else! Trouble is, neither Craig's mother nor his main squeeze has the bread. As time ticks away, the chance this pair will ever see Saturday is fading fast.
Next Friday. To escape a revenge-seeking Debo, Craig's dad smuggles him out of the hood and into the burbs to stay with his sex-crazed Uncle Elroy and cousin...
Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 44
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Geronimo agrees to be a caddie for his grandfather in a golf tournament, he and Special Agent OOK team up to prevent the theft of the Super Mouse Cup.
Author
Series
Batman strikes! volume 6
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 360L
Language
English
Description
A thief is stealing priceless diamonds in Gotham City, and the cops are after Catwoman for the crime--but for once she is innocent, and it is up to Batman to find the real culprit.
20) Diamonds
Author
Series
Publisher
ABDO Pub. Co
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Introduces young readers to diamonds, discussing how they are formed, where they are found and mined, and the variety of ways they are used.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request