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Royal Flush
High adventure, furious plotting, blackmail and betrayal. 'The Colonel' is rumoured to have masterminded several of the most successful robberies in the UK over the last forty years. But who is he?
Edward de Jersey, now a wealthy man, owns a very successful racing yard and stud farm and his pride and joy is his horse, Royal Flush, who he has always dreamed will one day win...more
Edward de Jersey, now a wealthy man, owns a very successful racing yard and stud farm and his pride and joy is his horse, Royal Flush, who he has always dreamed will one day win...more
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(first published June 7th 2002)
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I actually started reading this book with a mind to make my way through it slowly. But once you've taken a gamble on Edward de Jersey anything can happen!
Royal Flush, as the name implies, is a gamble as well as the highest card you can play in Poker. In addition to being the title of the book, it's a horse's name and maybe even a play on the Royal's flush once they had a brush with Edward de Jersey. The story is weaved in such an intricate, artistic way the reader cannot help break out in a swea...more
Royal Flush, as the name implies, is a gamble as well as the highest card you can play in Poker. In addition to being the title of the book, it's a horse's name and maybe even a play on the Royal's flush once they had a brush with Edward de Jersey. The story is weaved in such an intricate, artistic way the reader cannot help break out in a swea...more
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High adventure, furious plotting, blackmail and betrayal...'The Colonel' is rumoured to have masterminded several of the most successful robberies in the UK over the last forty years. But who is he? Edward de Jersey, now a wealthy man, owns a very successful racing yard and stud farm and his pride and joy is his horse, Royal Flush, who he has always dreamed will one day win the Derby. But de Jersey's luck runs out when his trusted financial advisor invests his fortune in a fl...more
High adventure, furious plotting, blackmail and betrayal...'The Colonel' is rumoured to have masterminded several of the most successful robberies in the UK over the last forty years. But who is he? Edward de Jersey, now a wealthy man, owns a very successful racing yard and stud farm and his pride and joy is his horse, Royal Flush, who he has always dreamed will one day win the Derby. But de Jersey's luck runs out when his trusted financial advisor invests his fortune in a fl...more
Sep 10, 2009
Robert Beveridge
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Lynda LaPlante, Royal Heist (Random House, 2004)
It took me about a year and a half to read Royal Heist. Not continuously, of course. I started it back in December of 2007, struggled through the first few chapters, and when it had to go back to the library, didn't renew it. Here comes 2009, and I'm going through my backlist cleaning it out, so I put the book on hold again and pick up where I left off. (I get questions about that sort of thing. Honestly, I don't find it any harder to do that after...more
It took me about a year and a half to read Royal Heist. Not continuously, of course. I started it back in December of 2007, struggled through the first few chapters, and when it had to go back to the library, didn't renew it. Here comes 2009, and I'm going through my backlist cleaning it out, so I put the book on hold again and pick up where I left off. (I get questions about that sort of thing. Honestly, I don't find it any harder to do that after...more
I like much of this book. There were interesting moments of suspense. The book reads like a screenplay almost like it was intended to be sold for a movie. Some of the character development is weak and there are defintely stereotypes: womanizing male crooks; weak and unintelligent female victims. Overall, I enjoyed it as a summer poolside read.
Took awhile to get into this book, but generally I found it a good read, and the climax built as to the final outcome. I am a real fan of the British "Prime Suspect" and realizing that Lynda La Plante was the author of that is why I read the book in the firt place.
At first I had mixed feelings about the book. It didn't seem like there were any 'good guys.' That does sort of remain true...However, the ending was perfect. If you like jewel heist-type stories, this has a good plot with a well-thought out plan.
Good for holiday reading. You have to suspend belief a little as a brilliant ex criminal loses his money in an internet scam then plots to regain his lost millions by plotting a major and daring heist. You end up empathising with the villain and his motives. Certainly kept me turning pages and reading in snatches whenI should have been doing something else.
I didn't enjoy this at all. The improbabilities of the plot failed to engage me as the crooks romped through London in an attempt to steal the Crown Jewels.
This was a really good read about a retired group of crooks getting together for one final job - to steal the Crown Jewels! Excellent story, seemed plausible. This is a good author, I haven't read anything by her that I didn't like.
Favorite books of 2004...
Not best Lynda La Plante premise of story not as far fetched as first thought. But ending I felt let it down and maybe 100 pages to long.
Perfect book to read on the beach. Very easy and quick to read. No need to concentrate, but a plot that keeps you reading
Thoroughly enjoyed this book. Horse racing, jewel thieves, lots of excitement.
Make sure you have plenty of time, because you won't want to put it down
It was a great book to read, easy and fast. I'll recommended ...
A slow starter, but decent heist story.
Jun 17, 2013
Caroline Johnston byrne
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Lynda La Plante (born Lynda Titchmarsh) is a British author, screenwriter, and erstwhile actress (her performances in Rentaghost and other programmes were under her stage name of Lynda Marchal), best known for writing the Prime Suspect television crime series.
Her first TV series as a scriptwriter was the six part robbery series Widows, in 1983, in which the widows of four armed robbers carry out a...more
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Her first TV series as a scriptwriter was the six part robbery series Widows, in 1983, in which the widows of four armed robbers carry out a...more
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