A Breed Apart (Paperback)

A True Crime Biography of a team of top UK Conmen. Vic a Scottish professional criminal and leader of an exclusive team of professional con-men is forced to sell his environment polluting chemicals business. The national press and the Scottish police are investigating his pay-offs to government and lochs authority buyers and also his involvement in the dumping of hazardous waste beneath buildings under construction in the Edinburgh area and around Scotland. The following day he meets up with the other members of the club. (The Notorious Barn Club.) As each member is encountered in this story it goes back in time through their history and the various swindles and cons. Vic advises them of his decision to sell up and go into hiding. The group decide to disband but first they agree to plan and carry out one large final con against the establishment. This was the removal of valuable paintings belonging to the Scottish Art Gallery in Edinburgh. The job goes well and the group separate for a period, then again get together when they are asked by some European politicians to remove valuable pieces of military items originally stolen by the Germans during WW 2, from a Scottish army regiment headquarters in Scotland. This goes well and they disband but then two of the members decide to go into the business of supplying babies to infertile couples. Vic settles in Mentone in the South of France.

General

Imprint:	Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2014
First published:	April 2014
Authors:	Bill Graham
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	392
ISBN-13:	978-1-4992-9219-0
Categories:	Books > Fiction > True stories > Crime Promotions
LSN:	1-4992-9219-8
Barcode:	9781499292190

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