This was another recommended listen from Audible that was either free or on a very good offer when I decided to get it. Initially, not bothering to properly read the blurb I assumed (being from the North myself - North of England admittedly) that this was a series about British heists, but it was no less interesting for being about Canadian Heists instead.

Perhaps understandably - being that I am not Canadian - I had not heard of any of the stories mentioned, and so listened to the tales with intrigue, wondering what was going to happen next. The series/podcast is 10 episodes and each are about 20/30mins in length. It's very easy to listen to in a day or over a couple of days and the stories just get weirder as you go through them.

Of course, being a series about Canadian Heists, there has to be one about Maple Syrup, but there are also stories about train robberies, one involving the hijack of a helicopter, and a jewel theft that is just bonkers.

I will say this is not the kind of thing that I would either go out of my way to listen to, or that I would imagine I would enjoy, but I really did enjoy True North Heists. The characters - and yes I'm aware they are all true stories, I mean characters because they were larger than life people - certainly made me smile with some of the antics they got up to during these robberies, and some of them even brought a tear to my eye when I heard about the people and the lives of those who loved them.

Highly recommended anyway but if you can get this on offer then even better!