Royal Flush

London: Pan Books. Very Good-. 2003. Reprint; Sixth Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Some reading and cover corner creases, some shelf wear, some foxing to endpapers and edges of reading block. ; Sixth printing of Pan mass market paperback edition, 2003. Nice tight copy, no names inside. Cover design uncredited with photography courtesy of Only Horses and Getty. Very heavy book and priced accordingly. ; 656 pages; 'The Colonel' was rumoured to have masterminded the most successful robberies in British history, including the Great Train Robbery. Crimes noted for their military precision, no one every disclosed his name, the police weren't sure if he even existed. The immensely wealthy owner of a successful racing yard, Edward de Jersey, has set high hopes on winning the Derby with his magnificent colt, Royal Flush. But de Jersey's luck runs out when his trusted adviser invests his fortune in a fledgling Internet company that crashes, leaving him with mounting debts. Afraid he will lose everything, de Jersey resurrects his criminal past and attempts to pull off the most audacious heist in history. The target, the most valuable jewel in the world - the Koh-i-noor diamond with an estimated value of more than a billion pounds .