Exit The Thief - Softcover

When Vince Treadwell spots a famous jewel thief in Soho one night and the next day reads about a daring robbery at the Ritz, he takes it upon himself to investigate the case as the missing jewels belong to the beautiful French movie star Capuchine, with whom Vince is smitten.

But it soon leads to murder - and he is the chief suspect. In prison and looking at a life sentence, Vince is offered a lifeline from his old friend at Interpol, Ray Dryden. He wants Vince to go undercover and return the jewels to the movie star, who is secretly dating hotshot producer, Carlo Messina. But in reality Messina is one of the biggest gangsters in Marseille , running a heroin pipeline to America.

So after a daring prison escape, and armed with fake jewels, Vince finds himself on the French Riviera - and it just happens to be the eve of the 1965 Cannes film festival. Against the backdrop of movie star glamour, Vince soon finds himself embroiled in a deadly game of cat and mouse with the charismatic and psychotic criminal; a man for whom movies and reality are indivisible, and murder and mayhem are on the script.

Lights, action . . . kill 'em!

When Vince Treadwell goes on the trail of a famed cat burglar who has stolen a movie star’s diamonds at the Ritz in London, he becomes the prime suspect in the murder of Teddy the Levantine, an international jewel fence. To prove his innocence, Vince must nail Jean-Jacques Messina, a fabled French bank robber, organized crime figure and burgeoning crime mogul.

This takes Vince down to the French Riviera and the 1965 Cannes Film Festival, to rub shoulders with movie stars, directors, producers and screenwriters. A world of glamour, glitz, gargantuan egos, psychotic gangsters, millions of dollars, heists . . . and murder.

Praise for Kiss Me Quick and The Gilded Edge

‘Vince Treadwell is what Bond would have been if he’d joined the Met rather than MI6.’ The Book Bag

‘A hugely atmospheric and violent tale.’ Daily Telegraph

‘A dark and involving story of misplaced passion and menace.’ Daily Express

‘A fiendishly complex plot.’ Sunday Times