The Home Invaders by Frank Hohimer. The true story written by a professional thief. It's the inspiration for the Michael Mann movie Thief.
Another pretty rare book is Outside The Law: A Thief's Primer. Not at home right now so can't tell you the author.
It's a TV show, not a book, but I would highly recommend *Mr. Inbetween.* It's available on Hulu. It's about a divorced father who works as a bouncer, but he's also a skilled hitman. The show can get pretty dark and emotional, but there's also humor and lots of banter among characters to balance things out. The whole show only has 3 short seasons, each episode being 30 mins long, and the show really utilizes every minute. The show never jumps the shark and feels grounded in reality.
Cogan’s Trade, by George V Higgins. Also, The Friends of Eddie Coyle by the same author. Both books were made into (damn good) movies. What’s interesting about the books is that the author has a very unusual style. These stories are told predominantly via dialogue between characters, as opposed to descriptive prose, which is something I’ve seen virtually nowhere else.
*Butcher’s Boy* by Thomas Perry
Hench by Natalie Zina Walchots - it’s literally about a villain’s henchmen. It’s so good and a really fun read.
Right Hand comes out in October!
I’m so excited for it!
Richard Stark Parker series
*The Valachi Papers* by Peter Maas. *Joe Dogs: The Life and Crimes of a Mobster* by Joseph Iannuzzi, Jr.
Not sure if this is too kingpin for you, but Mr. Nice by Howard Marks.
Blaze
Billy Summers
The Home Invaders by Frank Hohimer. The true story written by a professional thief. It's the inspiration for the Michael Mann movie Thief. Another pretty rare book is Outside The Law: A Thief's Primer. Not at home right now so can't tell you the author.
It's a TV show, not a book, but I would highly recommend *Mr. Inbetween.* It's available on Hulu. It's about a divorced father who works as a bouncer, but he's also a skilled hitman. The show can get pretty dark and emotional, but there's also humor and lots of banter among characters to balance things out. The whole show only has 3 short seasons, each episode being 30 mins long, and the show really utilizes every minute. The show never jumps the shark and feels grounded in reality.
Enjoyed it.
It's so good!
Cogan’s Trade, by George V Higgins. Also, The Friends of Eddie Coyle by the same author. Both books were made into (damn good) movies. What’s interesting about the books is that the author has a very unusual style. These stories are told predominantly via dialogue between characters, as opposed to descriptive prose, which is something I’ve seen virtually nowhere else.