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Great Pearl Heist, The: London's Greatest Thief And Scotland Yard's Hunt For The World's Most Valuable Necklace (2012)

by Molly Caldwell Crosby(Favorite Author)

3.33 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1469273136 (ISBN13: 9781469273136)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Brilliance Audio

review 1: The Great Pearl Heist was an easy read (250 pages with fairly large print) with an interesting, but not fascinating, story. It became apparent to me early in the book that the author had insufficient research information to put together the entire story of the crime, so she used a lot of ink painting a detailed picture of what the times and places were like. Overall, it was okay -- and I felt a lot of sympathy for the author who needed more hard information than was available to her -- but I would only recommend it for someone who is very interested in the Edwardian era or British crime generally.
review 2: The story of an actual heist of a strand of pearls so rare and valuable, they were worth more than the Hope diamond. The book is rich in the history and ba... moreckground of London in the centuries leading up to the heist, the development of Scotland Yard, background into detective literature such as Sherlock Holmes, the pearl and diamond industries, the jeweler profession and much more that I thoroughly enjoyed learning about. The author involves you in the pitting of the lead detective versus the mastermind of the heist. She teaches you the various roles and relationships between the different people in the (mostly non-violent) criminal profession of that era.The author took pains to thoroughly research a vast amount of facts and supporting material and still provide an engaging read. The result is a book, that although it read sometimes like a research paper, was still a pleasure to read and even contained a few passages that were suspenseful enough to make it impossible to put the book down at times. less

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