In the gritty underworld of 1980s Britain, Ronnie Finch is a man of contradictions-a charming Somerset gentleman with a Rolls-Royce and a restless hunger for the big score. At 35, with a beautiful wife, Linda, and a scrappy son, Nick, he seems to have it all-until the itch for one last heist takes hold. Leading a tight crew, Ronnie masterminds the audacious 1982 Bristol Safety Deposit Centre robbery, pocketing millions in cash and jewels. But as Detective Inspector Alan Carver closes in, Ronnie flees to Spain's Costa del Sol, reinventing himself amid sunlit villas and shadowy expats. Five years on, the lure of a Torquay job pulls him back-only to fall into Carver's trap, landing him a decade behind bars. Yet prison births a new chapter: through the raw pages of The Safety Deposit Man, Ronnie turns his tale of crime into a literary fortune, emerging a millionaire writer. Reunited with Linda, he trades the thrill of the vault for the quiet of the coast, proving the greatest gambit is the one that rewrites the endgame. A tale of cunning, loyalty, and redemption, The Vault King's Gambit is a rollicking ride through a thief's life-where every move counts, and the stakes are never low.