Okay, not literally. I'm working on a book with a string of robberies. They start off small-time and escalate. The first is a candy shop, then a clothing boutique, a rent-to-own shop, an electronics shop, and a jewelry shop. I need something between the electronics shop and the jewelry shop, but I'm drawing a blank. Does anyone have any suggestions? My other option is to swap the order of the rent-to-own and the electronics shop, but would that seem like a step down in the value of the products?

Due to planned interactions between the owner of the electronics and the main character I don't want the electronics shop to be second to last.

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Pawn Shop

I would think a pawn shop would be the place they fail on an epic scale. Guys in a pawn shop will shoot you. I think they stand around hoping for a robbery so they can get some target practice in. A jewelry store might be difficult, they are either so insured they don't care, or they have auto-locking doors. Some places I would hit if I were a petty criminal:

Yogurt Shop - usually only some young girl on the register, no resistance and worth maybe sixty-bucks in cash, and a pint of yogurt as a bonus.

Cell phone store - you'd get nothing, but it would be a hoot watching them trying to steal tied down fake phones.

A street food vendor - no security cameras, only one bank drop at the end of the day, and easy get-a-way.

One of the big pet stores - they pull in some serious cash. One trip to a pet store will cost you upwards of $200, and they always have a long line, so a pretty good haul.

A vet clinic - no security, complete shock that they're getting robbed, a decent cash haul.

Never any fast food place, gas station, supermarket, drug store - that's a guarantee you'll get caught.

Now, when you're ready for the real big time - Barnes and Nobles book store - they pull in a lot of cash.

Now, how to get away with a robbery - first, you need a distraction that will have all the police occupied - simple, some fireworks and m80's daisy-chained together, drive past an elementary school and toss your firecrackers and m80's onto the front lawn, keep driving. The school will go into immediate lockdown, which has a domino effect of causing every school in the city to go into lockdown - every on duty and off duty cop in the county will be deployed to the attacked school, and a security attachment sent to all the other schools - and poof, your chance of pulling off a bank heist goes up 30% or so.

Now, in today's world, getting away with a robbery is pretty slim. You can increase your odds by doing it the smart and safe way, and become a politician.

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Wolfenshire, Moderator/Community Leader

They're hitting these places at night after they're closed and either taking merchandise, whatever's in the safe, the office computer, security cameras,  etc. So a school wouldn't work as a diversion. Cash registers aren't reliable. Even during business hours, they make safe drops to keep losses down.

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I'm thinking big. No petty burglaries for me. I'm going for the big action novel with intricate plots to knock over the bank.

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Wolfenshire, Moderator/Community Leader

lol, that's what my main character said. Which immediately got him questioned by the police.

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You know they monitor the internet for keywords. I would imagine writers discussing plots must drive them nuts. Hey, that might be a good plot. The bad guys use the internet to make the police watch the right hand, while the left-hand pulls off the heist of the century.

Oh, here's an idea. I bet police blogs/reports are online somewhere. You could probably get ideas from that.

I'll stick with scifi/fantasy though, it's more fun than reality.

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Wolfenshire, Moderator/Community Leader

That could get interesting. I imagine monitoring everyone and all the writers must drive them nuts. I may have to do some looking around.

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