Wallace, Brian P., 1949-

Final confession : the unsolved crimes of Phil Cresta / Brian P. Wallace and Bill Crowley. - First University Press of New England paperback edition. - Hanover : University Press of New England, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (xvii, 239 pages)

Includes bibliographies and index.

Prologue: Open Cases Now Closed -- The Parker House Heist -- Schools for Thought -- Massachusetts Tightens Its Pockets -- The Team Forms -- A Key for Your Thoughts -- Expensive Cup of Java -- Holiday Weekend Activity -- The Checks Cancel Out -- Kansas City, Here We Come -- Breakdowns -- Cresta Tries It Alone -- The No-Headlined Theft -- The Highwaymen, One Last Time -- Machine Guns at the VA -- Life Is What Happens When You're Busy Making Other Plans -- Suspended Sentences for a Fee -- Brink's Deja-vu -- On the Run -- Surrounded -- Settling Scores -- Aftermath: The Main Characters -- Aftermath: Other Characters.

Just before he died in Chicago, legendary thief Cresta revealed to Crowley, a retired Boston police detective, how he planned and carried out the capers that had baffled both the police and his colleagues for decades.



9781611683790


Cresta, Phil.


Thieves--Massachusetts--Boston--Biography.
Burglary--Massachusetts--Boston.
Organized crime--Massachusetts--Boston.


Electronic Books.

HV6653 / .F563 2013