This Paperback Book item from Villard was reviewed on 9-Aug-2008.
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1) Paperback Book Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief by Villard. It´s rare to get a look inside the mind of a successful solo operator like this guy. It´s well written and engaging. Maybe it´s not 100% true; I wasn´t there so I can´t say. But it certainly has the ring of truth, and even if it´s all fake it´s still a fun read.¤ 2) Paperback Book Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief by Villard. I read this book mainly because I was involved in an important aspect of Bill Masons life, his arrest. I think the co-author did a good job of putting the events as he knew them down on paper. However much of the information was not true.. Therefore I see the book as being partially fiction.. The author Bill Mason has either a poor memory as to the facts of his arrest, or like in so many instances in his book he blames everyone else for his lack of integrity.. In a true, and honest account of his arrest, try reading Badge 149, Shots Fired, by retired Captain Gary Jones, these facts are undisputable and documented.. Overall the book of course is interesting and exciting until you factor in the lives of family and friends, and others that he harmed. I reviewed his book in a local library, not wanting to contribute to his continued lifestyle .Justice in his case is still pending, I bet his father if real proud of him..(hic).¤ 3) Paperback Book Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief by Villard. The first half of this book was very entertaining. I loved the descriptions of the heists Mr. Mason pulled. The last half of the book was tedious. Mostly how he was in and out of jail.
Still a good overall read.¤ 4) Paperback Book Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief by Villard. Yes, Bill Mason was a professional burglar and jewel thief! I know this is true because I was one of the original Fort Lauderdale police officers who first spotted him, and then followed him for weeks, until he was eventually arrested. Mason´s version of events, in his book, about how Fort Lauderdale P.D. first became aware of him, is NOT true. He would have his readers believe an informer told us about him and that´s how we first became aware of him. Not true! The simple truth is Mason got careless and he became predictable. In a phone conversation, after his book was released, I even told him this. But, he still doesn´t believe this. After all, this version doesn´t fit the image he tries to portray of a slick professional crook who never ever made a mistake. In my own book (Badge 149 - "Shots Fired!") I devote two full chapters to Bill Mason, and his arrest. If you are interested in reading what really happened, I encourage you to read my book, instead of the fiction Bill Mason has written. Or, read both his book and mine, and then judge for yourself which one of us is more honest and credible.
¤ 5) Paperback Book Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief by Villard. Buying this book about a year ago I struggled with spending money on a person who made a living stealing. It was written well and I enjoyed the action. However, I Just finish reading Badge 149 the author is the policeman who arrested him. Wow, it was definately interesting to see the other side of his jewerly heist! All the action and this time money was well spent and some dedicated to fallen policemen !!!!!!!!¤ 6) Paperback Book Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief by Villard. The extraordinarily captivating memoir of the remarkable jewel thief who robbed the rich and the famous while maintaining an outwardly conventional life—an astonishing and completely true story, the like of which has never before been told . . . or lived.
Bill Mason is arguably the greatest jewel thief who ever lived. During a thirty-year career he charmed his way into the inner circles of high society and stole more than $35 million worth of fabulous jewels from such celebrities as Robert Goulet, Armand Hammer, Phyllis Diller, Bob Hope, Truman Capote, Margaux Hemingway and Johnny Weissmuller—he even hit the Mafia. Along the way he seduced a high-profile Midwest socialite into leaving her prominent industrialist husband, nearly died after being shot during a robbery, tricked both Christie’s and Sotheby’s into fencing stolen goods for him and was a fugitive for five years and the object of a nationwide manhunt. Yet despite the best efforts of law enforcement authorities from several states as well as the federal government, he spent less than three years total in prison.
Shadowy, elusive and intensely private, Mason has been the subject of many magazine and newspaper features, but no journalist has ever come close to knowing the facts. Now, in his own words and with no holds barred, he reveals everything, and the real story is far more incredible than any of the reporters, detectives or FBI agents who pursued Mason ever imagined. Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief, expertly co-written by bestselling author Lee Gruenfeld, is a unique true-crime confessional.
From the Hardcover edition.¤ Page Updated: Robert N. Goolsby, 6-Sep-2008, 03757607179780375760716, 170-5X0-990-930-140-500-120-8 
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