The Great Pearl Heist: London's Greatest Thief and Scotland Yard's Hunt for the World's Most Valuable Necklace

by Molly Caldwell Crosby

Book Overview

"Molly Caldwell Crosby, author of "The American Plague "and "Asleep, " once again brings forgotten history to vivid life in an absorbing account of crime and deduction in the early days of the twentieth century...." 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0425252809
• ISBN13: 9780425252802
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher