Flawless: Inside the Largest Diamond Heist in History by Scott Andrew SelbyMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
This book covers the Antwerp diamond heist, dubbed the "heist of the century" and the largest diamond heist in history. The thieves stole loose diamonds, gold, and other jewellery valued at hundreds of millions of dollars in February 2003 from a vault in the Antwerp Diamond Centre, at the center of the secure gem district in Antwerp, Belgium.
This book debunks much of the facts of the Wired article on the crime which is the basis for the upcomingJeff Bridges starring "Antwerp" with JJ Abrams producing. While the authors did not have any inside dope on the scheme, it is as detailed and revealing through their investigation as any I would hope ever to read on the 1971 Baker Street robbery.
This is a good, true crime read that is well-paced and detailed.
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