The Last Job
"The Bad Grandpas" and the Hatton Garden Heist

I considered throwing-in-the-towel on "The Last Job", a book about a 2015 jewel robbery pulled off by a gang of geriatrics in England. It was a good idea but it became very predictable. Even worse, it was poorly written. So badly written in fact that after about 70 pages I began to root for Mr. Bile......more

This a great story, the narrative just didn’t do it justice. Parts of the book were extremely repetitive and it felt like the story could have been well served from a single point of view, the cops or the robbers, just not both.......more

As the author points out: "Once the news broke that a group of cunning pensioners were behind an old-school heist that even defense lawyers deemed worthy of Hollywood, Britons of all ages affectionately embraced the white-haired crew." I really don't see why, as none of the men have any endearing qu......more

I wanted to like this book so much more. This is a great crime story filled with colourful eccentric characters who turn on each other just like you expect they would, lots of tabloid-tinged history, amazing detail and a writer with New York Times storytelling credentials. But. And the ‘but’ is big.......more

While the topic itself leads to a great story, Bilefsky captured the story with a steady sense of wonder. He didn’t just regurgitate the facts of a globally known news story that happened just years ago. He wove a story that captures the reader and satisfies the need to know all the facts.......more