13Every job was different, but every plan was the same. You had to work out the stages and build them up in the right order. One by one they would form the structure of the scheme, but if one of them happened to be off centre then the whole thing could come crashing down. Charlie was as good as he was because he was a born schemer. He'd robbed banks, houses, offices, even a train supply run. He'd liberated prisoners from work camps, found lost relatives, and tracked down the odd freeloader that tried to make a break for it. With the right team he could make anything happen. That was why he wasn't known as Charlie the thief, or Charlie the bounty hunter – he was just Charlie Smith, the man you call when you need the impossible.
The start was always the objective – three yes votes. That was
