Fast Eddie

My 20 Years on the Run as Britain's Most Wanted Man

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Fast Eddie

By: Eddie Maher

Narrated by: Karl Jenkinson

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9.30 a.m. on 22 January 1993. The moment in crime history that one of Britain's most audacious thefts ever took place and the legend of 'Fast Eddie' was created.

This is the story of how Securicor guard Eddie Maher managed to pull off a £1.2 million heist, fled the country despite every port being closed, spawned an international manhunt and managed to evade capture for 20 years. As Britain's most wanted man, he led 30 detectives, FBI and Interpol on a wild goose chase across the USA.

Dubbed 'Fast Eddie' by the press, he was always one step ahead, and after two decades on the run with his family using a series of of aliases and identities, Eddie began to think he'd committed the perfect crime, until a cruel and dramatic betrayal proved otherwise....

Like a Hollywood movie script and told in full for the first time, Fast Eddie is the compelling story of how an ordinary British man became America's most notorious fugitive.

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Tbh, I pre-ordered this book because of the promise of Karl Jenkison as a narrator and the fact that the summary looked interesting. It came out this morning and I have listened to it in one go. It was that interesting. I didn't know anything about the story beforehand, which made it all the more interesting.

Eddie Maher has lived quite an extraordinary and interesting live. I was mostly fascinated bu the fact that he could live such a functional live under being constantly on his guard. It is excellently explained how he did that.

I love his optimistic view on live and have the greatest respect for his wife Debbie who had to deal with his shenannigans, but chose to stay with him.

This is a funny, interesting and very unusual memoir which I couldn't recommend more. I loved it from beginning till the end and wish Eddie and his family all the best in the future.

Wherever that may be..

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