RARA-AVIS: Connelly

Gary Warren Niebuhr (piesbook@execpc.com)
Sun, 02 Aug 1998 16:57:29 -0700 >Michael Connelly's first novel, _The Black Echo_, (his best, with _The
>Concrete Blonde_, in my opinion) has this same plot: tunnelling to get
>into a vault, etc. It's probably quite an old gag, both in fiction and
>in real thiefdom.

It certainly is a "real thiefdom" act, as Michael Connelly covered this
case as a reporter and borrowed it for his first novel.
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