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"With the style and pacing of a good novel... should become a standard of the genre." Publishers Weekly "Who knew bank robberies could be so interesting? This collection of essays centering on memorable bank robbers tracked - and in most cases captured - by retired FBI agent Rehder reads like fiction." Library Journal
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FBI Special Agent William J. Rehder, the man CBS News once described as "America's secret weapon in the war against bank robbers", chronicles the lives and crimes of bank robbers in today's Los Angeles who are as colourful and exciting as the legends of long ago. In a fast-paced, hard-edged style that reads like a novel, Where the Money Is carries us through these stories and more - all within a pistol shot of Hollywood, all true-life tales as vivid as anything on the big screen.
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Where the Money Is, is a collection of true stories featuring some of the most unusual and thought provoking crimes in what is described by the author as The Bank Robbery Capital of the World - Los Angelinos, the City of Angels. Charting the rise of street gangs, hardcore villains, down and out debutantes, opportunists, musclebound psychopaths, and brilliantly sophisticated tunnelers, as seen through the eyes of the former head of the FBI Bank Robbery division, William Rehder, Where The Money is, is a fascinating insight into a world that, for the majority of us, is simply the subject of movies and TV. Written in a wonderfully accessible style with the vigour, sensitivity, and passion of a man whose life's mission has been to make the world a better place, Where the Money Is is totally and utterly enthralling right to the mind blowing final chapter. Non judgemental in it's assessment of the motives for bank robbery, this masterpiece is a comprehensive and refreshingly objective take on a world of crime and for the first time I was disappointed that the author didn't go into more detail about himself (most of these types of books seem to be screaming "ME ME MEEEE, look how great I am and how I had to stuggle!!! Not the case with Where The Money Is) but of course that's because he has the humility to recognise that the these stories are about a bigger picture than just one person. It's clear that there's respect there for some of these people, perhaps the ones who ended up in the criminal world through unfortunate circumstances, but there's also a sense of duty that is from the heart of a true hero. My one and only criticism was that once I'd read it I wanted more. If this book was 50 times as big, it still wouldn't be enough. William Rehder's Where The Money Is has to be my favourite book of all time. I can't praise it enough, because I was blown away by it.
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What an amazing book! Detailing an FBI investigators memoirs of tackling bank robbery in Los Angeles - balancing the derring do of robbers with a fascinating insight into FBI techniques and strategies. If you are fascinated by the mechanics of a bank robbery and modern accounts of some of the most high profile cases in the 'bank robbery capital of the world' then this is an absolute must. Want to know about the robbers who imitated the techniques of the characters from the film HEAT? or the robber who holds the record for the greatest number of bank robberies committed and so much more. The book is broken down into thematic chapters - each containing a range of anecdotes. Witty, well written and absolutely fascinating. I sincerely hope the author writes some more books as he has a natural gift for recounting the stories. This book will satisfy the reader without glorifying the deed and an eye kept firmly on the impact of vicitms(without sounding preachy).With people like this it gives a very favourable view of the FBI and its Bank Robbery investigative team. One of the best books I have read in along time.
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Bill Rehder, was LA's top man in the FBI when i came to bank robberies and within the pages of this book he recounts a few short tales of the bandits he tracked.
Beautifully written, in a style that will have you avidly turning pages, Rehder pulls you down into the seedy world of LA's crime ridden streets.
The tales are riddled with 'mini stories' of other robberies, all pertinent to the chapter in question and they will have you alternately depressed at the depth of the 'human condition' and laughing out loud at the sheer ridiculousness of some of the bandits escapades.
I bought this book as an augment for a book i am writing myself, and whilst it didn't reveal too much new information that I didn't already know there was a couple of interesting snippets.
One small gripe is that in the final chapter there is some technically incorrect information regarding weapon calibres, small potatoes though.
I heartily recommend this purchase, easily read in a day, and so easy to read you'll find yourself going back to it again and again.
There should definitely be another book written by the authors, more of the same is needed.
Beautifully written, in a style that will have you avidly turning pages, Rehder pulls you down into the seedy world of LA's crime ridden streets.
The tales are riddled with 'mini stories' of other robberies, all pertinent to the chapter in question and they will have you alternately depressed at the depth of the 'human condition' and laughing out loud at the sheer ridiculousness of some of the bandits escapades.
I bought this book as an augment for a book i am writing myself, and whilst it didn't reveal too much new information that I didn't already know there was a couple of interesting snippets.
One small gripe is that in the final chapter there is some technically incorrect information regarding weapon calibres, small potatoes though.
I heartily recommend this purchase, easily read in a day, and so easy to read you'll find yourself going back to it again and again.
There should definitely be another book written by the authors, more of the same is needed.
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