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I'm Kevin Flynn, and this is Crime Writers On.

Crime Writers On is the original True Crime Review podcast that digs into true crime,

pop culture, other podcasts, and on this episode, a band of British thieves plan the world's biggest robbery, a quarter billion dollar diamond on display in a public arena.

We'll talk about the Netflix series, The Diamond Heist.

Joining me to do that and more is private investigator, certified pet detective, resident

cat lady and author of the Piper Green series of Cozy Mysteries, Laura Bricker.

Hello, Laura.

Hello, Kevin.

And recent volleyball player.

What? Ooh. Did you join Nexium?

Yeah, I know. I haven't played volleyball since seventh grade, and I played last weekend, and I don't think I need to play again.

Wow. Do you know, volleyball was invented in my hometown of Holyoke, Massachusetts. Oh, really? Yeah. It gives me absolutely no advantage whatsoever. But there was a volleyball hall of fame. And I will say that the original volleyball Hall of Fame was smaller than

the closet in our New Hampshire basement where we make this podcast. You're just up the road from

the basketball Hall of Fame too. Right. Which is a real sport. That's in Springfield, Massachusetts.

And this was before beach volleyball

and anybody really cared to watch it.

But hey, that's great.

To let me know how it is in the cult, though,

all right? Also joining us,

a resident Dowding Thomas, author of the city

trilogy, host of Rip Current,

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