The great pearl heist : London's greatest thief and Scotland Yard's hunt for the world's most valuable necklace / Molly Caldwell Crosby.

Author: Crosby, Molly Caldwell.

Imprint:New York : Berkely Books, 2012.

Note: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.

Note:Describes the true story of a 1913 collaboration between a notorious jewel thief and the Chief Inspector of Scotland Yard as they hunted for a precious pearl necklace, worth more than the Hope diamond.

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