Terry Smith has earned his wisdom and hard way. Once a professional armed robber, he is adamant that he has long since put down the sword and taken up the pen. Within the pages of this book, law-abiding citizens and aspiring career criminals alike will find expert analysis of:

– The Great Train Robbery – the 1960s template for all that follows; the criminal masterwork that left 'a goldmine of incriminating evidence’.
– The Bank of America Robbery – the audacious 1970s raid that netted GBP8-GBP12 million of cash, jewellery and compromising photos.
– The Security Express Depot Robbery – the classic 1980s heist, for which notorious villains the Knight brothers and Freddie Foreman all took a fall. – The Knightsbridge Safe Deposit Centre Robbery – the masterstroke of Italian super-villain and international fugitive 'Gigi’ Viccei.
– The Millennium Dome Robbery – 'the great armed robbery that never was’, in which a small army of firearms officers lay in wait for the unarmed Greenwich raiders.