Kidnapping Mr. Heineken, Peter R. de Vries ; translated by Andrew M. Bergman
Type
Classification
1
Contributor
1
Subject
10
- Beer industry -- Netherlands
- Rich people + Crimes against
- Kidnapping victims -- Netherlands -- Case studies
- Nonfiction
- Hout, Cornelis van, 1957-2003
- Kidnapping -- Netherlands -- Case studies
- Crime -- Netherlands -- Case studies
- Heineken, Alfred Henry, 1923-2002 -- Kidnapping, 1983
- Kidnapping + Investigation -- Netherlands
- Industrialists -- Netherlands
Content
1
Translator
1
Label
Kidnapping Mr. Heineken, Peter R. de Vries ; translated by Andrew M. Bergman
Language
eng
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
Kidnapping Mr. Heineken
Responsibility statement
Peter R. de Vries ; translated by Andrew M. Bergman
Summary
The year is 1983. Ronald Reagan is president, Michael Jackson is doing the Moon Walk and The Police's 'Every Breath You Take' is topping the charts. A group of childhood friends decide they want money. Real money. The best way to do it is simple, they agree, all they have to do is commit the perfect crime. So they draw up a list. So begins an astonishing true story of an audacious kidnapping carried out in broad daylight by a group of twenty-something lads with few priors...Told from the compelling perspective of Cor van Hout, the brains behind the crime, Kidnapping Mr. Heineken reconstructs the meticulous planning behind the kidnap, the delivery of the ransom - and reveals what finally led everything to unravel...With unique access to the kidnappers, Peter R. De Vries' story is not to be missed
resource.variantTitle
Kidnapping Mister Heineken
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1