Cash Landing (2015)

Cash Landing

James Grippando's 2015 novel, drawn from a real Miami International Airport robbery, follows Ruban Betancourt's crew after they lift millions in cash from a Lufthansa flight and then have to hide the spending. Jeffrey, Ruban's brother-in-law, cannot. (Open Library)

Watches

Rolex Daytona

Jeffrey has bought a diamond-set Rolex Daytona for $45,000 despite Ruban's warning not to spend the stolen money. Sully names the watch while showing Ruban his stock of luxury watches.

Source text: “Diamond-encrusted Rolex Daytona,” said Sully. “Forty-five thousand.” (James Grippando, Cash Landing, scan cataloged as Harper, 2015, pp. 47–48; Internet Archive scan OCR)