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| Genre/Form: | Case studies |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Molly Caldwell Crosby |
| ISBN: | 9780425252802 0425252809 |
| OCLC Number: | 775418781 |
| Description: | xiii, 288 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Queen of gems -- King of fences -- The Grizzard Gang -- Hatton Garden -- The plan -- A perfect crime -- The hunt begins -- New Scotland Yard -- News -- Decoys -- The expert -- Playing the fish -- The sting -- Searching -- At Bow Street -- Sir Richard Muir -- The piano tuner -- A glimpse -- Old Bailey -- Righteous justice -- Epilogue: the Great War. |
| Responsibility: | Molly Caldwell Crosby. |
Abstract:
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.
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