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Author Payne, Doris.

Title Diamond Doris : the true story of the world's most notorious jewel thief / Doris Payne with Zelda Lockhart.

Publication Info. New York : HarperCollins, 2019.

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Location Call No. Status
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  BIOGRAPHY PAYNE    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  B PAYNE D.    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Biographies  B PAYNE    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  B PAYNE DORIS    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  B PAYNE, DORIS    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  364.1628 PAYNE    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - NEW Adult Nonfiction  364.162 PAY    Missing
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  364.1628 PAYNE    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  B PAYNE    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  BIOG PAYNE, DORIS    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description xi, 262 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Contents Part I : Color -- I wasn't born a jewel thief -- Greed -- My declaration of war -- Mr. Benjamin -- Part II : Clarity -- Trickster in practice -- Finding my way out -- My first big heist -- Hot ice, cold feet -- Making good on my crimes -- Taking things to the next level -- Racial backfire -- It's who you know, but you don't own me -- Family ties and known associates -- Part III : Cut -- Going international -- Diamond fever -- Returning to baby Jesus -- Fault line -- Off my game -- Throwing dust at disaster -- Part IV : Carat -- Snared -- Telling people what they want to hear -- Tokyo diamonds and the mohair coat -- The long game -- Dry snitches -- Reckoning.
Summary "In the ebullient spirit of Ocean's 8, The Heist, and Thelma & Louise, a sensational and entertaining memoir of the world's most notorious jewel thief--a woman who defied society's prejudices and norms to carve her own path, stealing from elite jewelers to live her dreams." --Publisher
Subject Payne, Doris.
Jewel thieves -- United States -- Biography.
Jewel thieves -- United States -- 20th century.
Jewel thieves. (OCoLC)fst00982525
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
Added Author Lockhart, Zelda.
ISBN 9780062917997
0062917994
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