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Crosby, Molly Caldwell.
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Jewelry theft -- England -- London -- Case studies.
Theft -- England -- London -- Case studies.
Receiving stolen goods -- Case studies.
Burglary investigation -- Case studies.
Robbery investigation -- Case studies.
Necklaces -- Theft -- Case studies.
Pearls -- Theft -- Case studies.
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Crosby, Molly Caldwell.
Jewelry theft -- England -- London -- Case studies.
Theft -- England -- London -- Case studies.
Receiving stolen goods -- Case studies.
Burglary investigation -- Case studies.
Robbery investigation -- Case studies.
Necklaces -- Theft -- Case studies.
Pearls -- Theft -- Case studies.
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The great pearl heist : London's greatest thief and Scotland Yard's hunt for the world's most valuable necklace / Molly Caldwell Crosby.
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Crosby, Molly Caldwell.
Berkley Books, 2012.
Call #:
364
.16287
C949g
Subjects
Jewelry theft -- England -- London -- Case studies.
Theft -- England -- London -- Case studies.
Receiving stolen goods -- Case studies.
Burglary investigation -- Case studies.
Robbery investigation -- Case studies.
Necklaces -- Theft -- Case studies.
Pearls -- Theft -- Case studies.
ISBN:
9780425252802 (hc.)
0425252809 (hc.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
xiii, 288 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-276) and index.
Contents:
Empire of thieves and shadows -- The heist. Queen of gems ; King of fences ; The Grizzard Gang ; Hatton Garden ; The plan ; A perfect crime ; The hunt begins -- The sting. New Scotland Yard ; News ; Decoys ; The expert ; Playing the fish ; The sting -- Justice. Searching ; At Bow Street ; Sir Richard Muir ; The piano tuner ; A glimpse ; Old Bailey ; Righteous judgment -- The Great War.
Summary:
In the summer of 1913, under the cover of London's perpetual smoggy dusk, two brilliant minds are pitted against each other--a celebrated gentleman thief and a talented Scotland Yard detective--in the greatest jewel heist of the new century.
Genre:
True crime.
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