The King of Diamonds : the search for the elusive Texas jewel thief
(2024)
By:
Pederson, Rena
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
364.162873/PEDERSON,R
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Pegasus Crime, an imprint of Pegasus Books, Ltd., 2024
©2024
©2024
EDITION
First Pegasus Books cloth edtion
DESCRIPTION
xvi, 400 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), color map, portraits ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781639366057, 1639366059 :, 1639366059, 9781639366057
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Part one: The phantom strikes -- Part two: The hunters -- Part three: The culture of complicity -- Part four: The beautiful people -- Part five: Night moves -- Part six: The suspects -- Part seven: Case closed
"As a string of high profile jewel thefts went unsolved during the Swinging Sixties, the press dubbed the elusive thief "the King of Diamonds" because he eluded police and the FBI for more than a decade."--