Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

Seven Silent Men: A Crime Novel
Seven Silent Men: A Crime Novel
Seven Silent Men: A Crime Novel
Ebook631 pages9 hours

Seven Silent Men: A Crime Novel

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

3/5

()

Read preview

About this ebook

Seven small-time crooks pull off a spectacular heist in this whip-smart crime novel from the New York Times–bestselling author of Big Stick-Up at Brink’s!
 
A $31 million bank robbery is the biggest news in the history of tiny Prairie Port, Missouri—and it only gets bigger when the trail of clues leads detectives to a gang of backwoods misfits. The FBI doesn’t believe rank amateurs could have pulled off such a sophisticated heist, however, and only when the Bureau’s most wanted felon confesses to the caper is the case finally closed.
 
No one in law enforcement seems concerned by the outrageous coincidences or high-profile names that appeared in the course of the investigation, but rogue FBI agents Billy Yates and Martin Brewmeister begin to suspect they have stumbled into a deadly and far-reaching conspiracy. As the body count climbs, Yates and Brewmeister go on the run in a desperate attempt to stay alive long enough to uncover the real masterminds behind the crime of the century.
 
Jam-packed with colorful characters, intricate plot twists, and crackling dialogue, Seven Silent Men is entertainment of the highest order—a bravura combination of heist caper and conspiracy thriller that will grab ahold of the reader and never let go.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateJun 14, 2016
ISBN9781504036658
Seven Silent Men: A Crime Novel
Author

Noel Behn

Noel Behn (1928–1998) was an American novelist, screenwriter, and theatrical producer. Born in Chicago and educated in California and Paris, he served in the US Army’s Counterintelligence Corps before settling in New York City. As the producing director of the Cherry Lane Theatre, he played a lead role in the off-Broadway movement of the 1950s and presented the world premiere of Samuel Beckett’s Endgame. Behn’s debut novel, The Kremlin Letter (1966), was a New York Times bestseller and the inspiration for a John Huston film starring Orson Welles and Max von Sydow. Big Stick-Up at Brink’s! (1977), the true story of the 1950 Brink’s robbery in Boston, was based on nearly one thousand hours of conversations with the criminals and became an Academy Award–nominated film directed by William Friedkin. Behn also wrote for television and served as a creative consultant on the acclaimed series Homicide: Life on the Street. His other books include the thrillers The Shadowboxer (1969) and Seven Silent Men (1984), and Lindbergh: The Crime (1995), a nonfiction account of the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh Jr.  

Read more from Noel Behn

Related to Seven Silent Men

Related ebooks

Crime Thriller For You

View More

Related articles

Related categories

Reviews for Seven Silent Men

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
3/5

1 rating0 reviews

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

    Book preview

    Seven Silent Men - Noel Behn

    Bdbook_preview_excerpt.html}Yr#IU<dgdu%AV2?`˻^U=*k;y)&'l̶ysQșB~GYb*eer"7gwp2;t6ՍvzUXZi0_Õs\ۯVl#*· ¸<[ֻPKQvXٲhxp[,ֽܲ:,궅bNޙuݺ!!~)10Uy (u,AUg2p2~l}/}CY˱*n\g /9wø2PJv=+[ȔE޺-\3&/ڮqM)^ 4U7Gd8|*Ʃ&ovAoǖ^˳۶ĤL,{)/yt)row“B.<-#د^>\F$a)6r_^g7"\Dq':'m򪒬vW9 R 0Rn^t|LFmmS^*e&";t&`}Kي$ayfJu,l/a nr٬Ki$>&#U٧m)yYplzwBaUBVvnM.^j ; w~ טrN-to nL٪;~w{d*eSPRܯۺ}2l\&:$^m'JBhNg}ٔ#7JNnkl|/2eS,0%Lx'/6/?|AF'JqL.B_T SDblPe``⯸xvx>l d+SDQq}C`Yp\c^`A䐯X/გd_-YJ] /0+YYUqЩ^")?4C;,\K%7p.oQc0AA- '/09Jt#Sa6Dm` &+%.?TpS!o&{ץ}g{4n7a4 ܒLHL,g,|=Dɟ 劫ZEʲe-H>֛m9U/ mj\zL_>DGRNU,K(h~Yږ`Bx{GE.EIPW ]76P5 q"ڛ#p:ڔ:˼51 ӹk<Ɖ%پ9cKf+//ȟ]x9uVq~_Do(O/LR_}jXkQ d RN8G/K9N+DMNĔl=1P9"wҿW+#'2qNR4x#;Xu2Ы|uَV)LsUl l@yqZ莚@M׈)v7l^S']劌&>B y` _`wMTHJm@8t)2,r-,UP-0a$Lk`BV'r(=// Vu; /b!ahնo|+v4]^/LZ!d&=BJK1[݋7bdxQW+Ir;7DRhWCbQ*B$(1]W,ņD-&VZڽz$,ƽZ,,5u`j$Ok!)S_ak{N}K>ƙ0#0(.Vg/DXZ;~a,l tEt\cnFy0K@ݶV(-&izU$e#})+he_.g"4kL);t6_^ DAFsuU/?*~^dvlf 9^SP AUeOCF(_ʎ]!jЏٍVpd KcFW˅@͎pmiM@r5So8(]QV|+T$an2uL,v. {+cqr4ҏ8/|˞rUS ÅFhG]LCҞpHuz1v_u@x耙\A%|[}HR1R"5h)L"^ r=f-^ 3ϱW?iGsɳ_:|^(7fVD9褷uU˒,7c>RLy*eTiiwĽ5ؠ\WrP!L"mŗy NP8.St)leQP D2"1WYcq*` >o4w/)~TRoF q5+띺fn{d["ȣ/:)zUNaBNMwn[ )G ͠A# #s z0ϟ("w`~(7ȡnr7@SJq竂gU!s=?H0>R,vV.x[@[F.j!֠[^ķ3]ٺ9-i+dI6HDVE=r<2%" Tע{ (iɩ pS-ObdHvBL*=jtEe*FA%٠wx䘩Z5擩׸v_W-Σۦ^DS)+ DSю#S.d/!J`C A & 5g |bV`%Q%nGߪ5^(k2'kJfeXp{F4ԅy"lA]#Jv(!!/4XCϮGb⅐6p@ "V\/M˼нTBKwlJv$`JBMs;SzؐmS!/Zi܆O,Wo ׂƜɄOEDe6B+*`Cv4TzDvţzzyFi:څb3_ 2BXKmߍCD#.-,S`[MίvJGP4w㚋ru" /jLp:'o Ar_l[7o],7,AR,0Rm]r "4d{Ie ׭zS,c&2lamޗ'v*6QBUS;K@ڋ`@v\.% aw: v"dt=)vѥ0YE\m* hS0tE/2{b/aY F e(KdfxjMj֤.??Up}RmA:0(*{ϬAQ,*{!!$ؐȰ2BZ~/F޾׵#cɣVܷ86`?* $ԘV P>iy{ZDy:XX2zou \0C0bsϨZbbLl8eފxfy% {~)8ZB&6"9vˋ|Q>ag4u$<ԘnJ,|Ԯh=ڱQQ3W"q1O Ư̬|7RDNBgT^d5/}rC1 b rڍ˼XBCqK,b00ΤC"BmjnERaˢCn蔡fițUklH Qpwu4 OYn'3C,}rP !lDlyX=ڈH P$4Ks*3LJ)1A7iQ;cW͟5/ +q5lj:QD kwNhWACLE҇ SkӃ Zfq "DIg.5&EYk;6 Z9`ڼ!;zxLfK -BU]Ĕ|:.Nu) ѓQ^HZǰvd;5j"L 5S ZͽpPhl,b%U阤JKlm{<=!LyOlS~h-M8yþvyMfw5BubԵ7ƴ.bn@M.1Fr7R!*{"\|IGXHPHV>ȋ \Yk2Śp>ٜԓ䖭G|JQBP`o9<2b`9~T鹣X( ?p(2XX>_~ƙ"ig(C$0L݁+70gnXra'N,S5D873M_vTL Ci:h \ D"K"G .ƻ ۫ [{U3X, -_C5XV' -"%tƇġ[zxTX@=@M #MLN)J b 3/^L64~w#Eڪ#AuIE|0gn/T4y&6rE#dޔHRDHxPUQ!V& bvqh1yd~7Cgo>_\/e=cib\pO\?}рes8U7׺Sj8VEkgI%A&Qa\TP3hFTVGΛ4ʚ?4bt#A0}KV7lÍ] 1zڕ^4. z %i_Q2 κXAG lt eMKT+HTYX?j8Dn$Ea;KAKREUF(]i$|Fo-h87p ̶+Ir 8Q{?}ր[EtUjxaY +I^8د=bvB@B9-qA`.!x9> @KTS05TWM``3E xTum 3AArsWYƩpsH̀Jj6#-tXL3 r< *sc2yY5S*mBҥ8dh}1OKUn.?@Ÿێ9ZԟQAa)NA T'/P?YbaUq" |f\ MUxEi*ӼSEeG&m8nc55hD[5ZڵBCrD1N_u_eoY^KU |ZVQ<{TFѫl;O Z.QL# rXUH%wZm:}* ~h*ć@*٤FEC2d_Y H(낮PXLފ:'6j0e%I% 1 6xhܱ6xPeve>yu#źkᅽ":1(c՚9N_ɉ\܎ Q*t(+6HlZR;HfnنtdGԪ#wVqbBX:( W($Rńhu /q;\Rؽ1ȆK'6/; (CG8 ҈kSWi&aT+CrIɡL |s:/xՇVy+58O*rcq֤g OADAQV^DaxMmKDqb/_c w}F25 aW1 Hc1CaY=ޞBŎXȐ N^NCK0JLEsnvEd]TDhd&"ސ;s!&-hݗ#'|ǔ&ID@ob}mFJRGNˬx @Dn#_KaRLbL]vL3KXY"y`AN^O,1n˺AZÌr;!ꢨfiht *[PЍLVVJ{cMh`RE chھ*?oMywuC% JI>B۝+:9|d:.#tH&&i^kiޗٴ~ R譄y`~o4.a{:5Yn* }% ˠB(o5>yCKqɆ3Տf1^?l=R^'Ij=+JLvD4`OBl=L/&t8`{Ge^ A_xwG="Xa[Shx/^΄>BC9kw!`(4iӝ{o;sPW9( ieѼϿuhCTKy'zE$wKZr[ ,, &ۄÁx 8Y蒒<(Fjd25=ȱ[A]j0T)|X28PD@806ZnzV$hnM3)t/;+E%&̡jc AQURMv{ܟ*YayuynhS+hq$o %P\A"Z~ʠJ{+.Rvd2Җ&?{G^t+}Wbd#Bpr]` &Ыu>j ´ v:gv _7at1u߆feu#gfӖA)m 9v-QaLQ,mVtaq@xQ!k93F4jy>IgF!^즍G #Cg>:0߁>,h`8]9B@b5ud° 'W_9Z|sx86wֶí|iqh5m[2_7Drl炻>*QF“X>jYY^LviL촟J JЈRԨukSqo%>k/G9#iM.^5U"*|)s@ y@8tG57Sae 1F )Do~ꚤ iԍ6 ~{h%IP#nXP?d,{I0ve lsFX8bT,9 !DžՕ)Rܼb=E!zŨz*l1`vYTQ-s}]Qq-iW αΜFUE(YǞ꠽2YE"Z˥|N1k8uH#ηc@mF&|Fkb@$jh5; a ]ZYq)5O{UI齚C ҭ!Ԙ 54M2wȆiBZi("oNhdGTs0骮Qd@(b˳Y1T`{C5*ӿTM ڗoo-;"1mOmኈf I2')iPť^y (Ma1^*䆥n&GL%Dď(Zdzq }K~,fQ(krkǰUNPҳ`BJ tQ νv-~ `06e85`NIQYlӝĸ)c 0 JS`ZiVY>8e:룶_;1=J^[unyODV%!#yQqlٞKJx;#G|mx4ᱢp`,bYH,:,ff:PjiT\}.#-b*aH{@z݆7Yv̓M_zbInNu]4/ %k KZbql$ MlYu1&uF=du fv&M8 4BFÊ:J!z`5rژ6Lk^B!v:YU9:n;$&;f@z#ɡ`8mMC} ըoUx\bjLPQLhL>(aD:_]W{t'il8;Wbheo*'Vʮ >N2r(x>U[9r*(:m0gspV]ac s\QO8(@꠰6^$gt-jde Td(:/8Xfɟa?iA]/'|ۙѢYjZwa,aFb-V 0nxju1oᚗ|@w~c0MSK;ҳE IK,pg;=\jP̚ɇZGs+3>C "(XjK Pz>Kt:M3g֌,i]e֒7*w4(^ 3P5u*|AXq:N+D; + GrI>[Ǭ ?{vKv7Qj5ۺFńnOn%m͒}VtޮӘ; y$77?[|!PkA0퓎ۚaÎC=;_ =kQDb?Nxs0ii9NPUu 7[Rv6'ChLU~~ܯBEssAC;N-aQEj̳Do Ov&WLnf@ ݄Y$HJL*abPIke/R(;3 ^V~n_x}d+|TǏ%e6'1~ȾN<̒'s^?LƟٗ\쫰Ƨ7,>(b`G!'9,%;Bx#^B>Sqrw=Ne~Oٍ QVˌCkE&8U<*hӗ> Kw \c:_.[9k£ =:G虁q𲎓wď/3#(od!=tz}a_ǟ?LqvN?|w~rs SYaxG|O]~̮w?aǛ|~&%3hnŶ/?Mf|Wv|um]n>Ȧ)NA}'wm`H[rQ\n2aWټַ2gnT6l0?|I>~r`72)VRyJyfr櫲dM?LwiI,%Z煻f'1eOwz\\ 2/Gg+F* -mrʼj|w/xϲۏӇ_"ndI Oa_#;~' bBrq}>]>,燩'YY΄用1i9%QBqGbvH8J.O _.e&E]l9-{]12YQP )UA \oCxoD5v>8"obԟVKi1o[s/|S1rGKe0GhY1NZB|-mPT pRt }=mL!ydX^9oiU6Vp)prѠkFe{oG%e;VGd&g_#7, a'69R}L&dlj;Q0kdY( )B)]l$!ˡfx4ԣW5y1~Si̩;vf mzl˂EI_`zD.(h$_F}?|Q"hbT,׳VvDU 8$[-)V/`%0eL#N]Y +B4{]!Bgh@ċt_QXKT &~=xHѮxhֈ̆=6 yU׻|:/*,N{"ǐ_URI.:VEWb80 W٩G@&}i/u/2xK ܼ$ V@Nx$dHêio%5-b/J'<\sف$"8Jo6ɡf&dx+ m 2Bt߷ֵ|>)ۘ9m4qB"}kFօ BB{JYp>hs83ţ¬.Ịj)G^ a5;d ,Ixr6Uŧ"wvw:(W虰Q4+; E*yܸhߊI@_3x:MV;dEpֆC,18_/1-P` _aV+E=4>\(cL)s5ȾBQi.E(aLp C`G}m(ebQ> ji8g<e }=qJS>1tAʑӼ\toO,+$bQ*ԦmWU1i;QrRN-K(.I^+ɓ^+XLFq*SY7ŏwdеٸu!,bq fIzz5`tMYL^PsHԎ'o/)~Gt>Mӗnﳏ?M7Ga-Ahb,=£e/T!{~zdSTiШjas '8iYU?$ Q>NbGu9&9~KH^ q]µw9rE _O4dNﲀt2F_[xy3Φßĩ|׳d|',ru%o ip&{NƌY·pFC6sR?nCr GE^?2aFX&j ~/F ʷ L/PzPv0xA{,@ ,N>$w}6e8y2H8:{wd,"W#ETyo&f/@qr0=u9뒃Jw!?I}dŖK֊ ;ݧhYB0OcgۦX[vFw]!F ^lGCVZR˕ Ym$qz5e87(n+_ !ý3\B}lTkM H>НoR-Z |U{c ` "cqÿ} 3K.{@+>Cs[ϱ3K0Ht:51~llg]/ՁV$UY"3ŬpUi1}OAqMsW ,n[۬f"[tjϊ}eBFb5*)=*3wZMz]fxqv" E^K&W9à^Sxh ڶ0IsmAui&9Lܚf(iQ϶N]}l݄`xXQVŨUDymyQ xXRwL"*$L9ISa/ObSaNl*Ӵly:([;Nد'\M盰{[V]rđh7#ʦϴܲ`Ԡ?(<\ @ej@Ucw_ȊDѫ[&Ú{EHBXL{;*u+;kVgcF>i]M,av+;{p>q&Q`ѣ2IDexQ8-ɦ}}YyyV8@vrqZvԖC΋/| 5|Pv (CP-TO7O< W J%=N85qHJ]|hxըzΣ=O1]1;<},W96.>4ϐAh܌e+ nNzb eZA0!`-jay@  ډ'#6 SZa& U2ֺMD/ɏxN-I_BܳyZBƸW!yI"GW5Ɠ^;Љ XGWuYC 4۽CBXG c}1E8.a.m@5|a j>3EAaСkvLEI{ϝm&cJ~Vol;0P@ݳw7!^&&>.[P*FRknvfĪI\MHw{nE;ԕʟnٲ-j*O 8y#toBtgҳU[ :--9%^VH4޾,m,^; Mlgy(eZ{eDĩĖJ<Y˦h4Y}w.bذCq92ªD,`!l'KZx)FŰQ9{Ԡ,HQ^y05ǦEL9z!d%zyt0fT-- #_rp7)d54nK449ftku sakiEj TZZH_a&oxqoC1#t,oBeI"{V*o)$;7FVOXvsV y6ĕ > M2O#!Rb&9FMG^Hr0p?ι2z0nw\*rFڋS& |Cmzb ηSM i<|~kijP Pj̹-<>4}5n!YȸQu/x>+$%D ӛAu{daޞEsxJ׆#ԓ5C;4{,ml肦UPT>m{U(s,vA޻Ex6NZ_ [Ppzץ7/\3H"IsC$^M'ZyBEa~pc~?&v(>Dz(&&+m7]ΜC5]Y{ZB盢H ml8 鬭&࠿X`QQģmwƕ%4-/ÛAVZ'53 |3 Wݙ1LaiƱpmO aR}!D+oD˭GؚŘ_yӟ{!} 5:-ρ'qc꼏/W +U[B+g2 FY#f^~BAn^|M,鉰.ڈER72YtM@ MK-0ߠ:I6_0`%8'K9*J TdI5 = x ['L]W867Ui ] 84<L{kPMXFSֱG(6ǹ'G͎0n"Wzo_h}zbsoV|({?Rmz"G}[CP} P6,h{pc&uoy@_՞Jbbe]tzW(,.Rm$:ӣ]g; Ox" `VC3mp ;d4<.IJ O N`hWњG0/K q1VJxqP~P$׵: Q\XgX3scfgcL$tߧ+=8 Wxž(+$Dۧ(AQKea*)! GƮ/g1j,6i}Q ýae54,μBCz#ms(8dѴ+S*?L%xgK8xb?qz!݈hy#|vu!;[`St5Ɠ7b-o'VXvdރngL7XR'[oA|ijҐ!ϴQ6zǷʇš!!0;8 ì¼pAeGȋ6Y9^n7FEICs@f^0g1n+ #BH+,8ej8A _vKB&B! a)kq?x2-c0PÉ]|RXΰ^YtTP]8IgjC@xĞ^Yb
    Enjoying the preview?
    Page 1 of 1