Cat-Eye Annie: Jewel Thief of the Jazz Age

For readers of Michael Finkel’s The Art Thief and Kirk Wallace Johnson’s The Feather Thief comes the true story of Cat-Eye Annie, the Jazz Age jewel thief with two-dozen aliases and one multicolored eye who posed as a maid to rob the rich. Her multimillion-dollar haul, daring heists, and prison breaks made her a national legend—and her final disappearance has now been solved.

A wealthy family advertises for a “respectable” German maid. The young woman who arrives speaks the language, provide...