930am on 22 January 1993 The moment in crime history that one of Britain's most audacious thefts ever took place & the legend of ' Fast Eddie' was created This is the story of how Securicor guard Eddie Maher managed to pull off a GBP12 million heist fled the country despite every port being closed spawned an international manhunt & managed to evade capture for 20 years As Britain's Most Wanted Man he led 30 detectives FBI & Interpol on a wild goose chase across the USADubbed ' Fast Eddie' by the press he was always one step ahead & after two decades on the run with his family using a series of of aliases & identities Eddie began to think he'd committed the perfect crime until a cruel & dramatic betrayal proved otherwise Like a Hollywood movie script & told in full for the first time Fast Eddie is the compelling story of how an ordinary British man became America's most notorious fugitive