The King of Diamonds: the search for the elusive Texas jewel thief

Introduction

Part one: The phantom strikes. The Graf house

Fannin and McCaghren

The hunt begins

The cat returns

The Grand Hotel

The red scare

The safari king

Clint's world

Part two: The hunters. Fannin

McCaghren

The Dixie mafia

Two different worlds

The cat on the prowl

Part three: The culture of complicity. High society and low company

The "devil's playhouse"

The peelers and the guys

"Let George do it"

"Papa Joe"

Part four: The beautiful people. The Cinderella set

Social work

Sid and Nancy

The fabulous Cipango

Part five: Night moves. The king goes to Cowtown

The king climbs a castle

JFK

To do-gooder

Phantom of the opera

Part six: The suspects. Profile of a thief

The face in the night

"The store"

The marvelous Mrs. Lambert

The salon set

The Kirksmiths

The pawn connection

Part seven: Case closed. Following the footsteps

The nice guy

The heiress

Puzzling behavior

The Frito bandito

Sgt. Chism

The surprise twist

Epilogue.