Books by Daniel Simone and Complete Book Reviews
Henry Hill and Daniel Simone. Globe Pequot/Lyons, $26.95 (376p) ISBN 978-1-493008-49-0
Readers who place a premium on truth in their true crime may be disappointed by this account of a legendary 1978 theft from JFK Airport; a preface states that the book's narrative is based in part on "informed judgment," and that the authors...
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The Pierre Hotel Affair: How Eight Gentleman Thieves Orchestrated the Largest Jewel Heist in History
Daniel Simone, with Nick Sacco. Pegasus Crime (Norton, dist.), $27.95 (408p) ISBN 978-1-68177-402-2
Simone’s less than compelling account of a daring 1972 robbery of Manhattan’s Pierre Hotel reads like fiction, and in the absence of any explanation of his sources and methods for recreating events from more than 40 years ago, he inevitably invites...
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