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Dean Jobb

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"Jobb's true crime stories are not to be missed" – CrimeReads

I specialize in true crime and I'm drawn to overlooked or forgotten stories. My new book, A Gentleman and a Thief, coming in June 2024, tells the incredible story of Arthur Barry, one of the world’s most successful jewel thieves, who charmed the elite of 1920s New York, brazenly swiped gems worth millions of dollars from their posh country estates, and outfoxed the police and private detectives on his trail.

My previous books include The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream , winner of the inaugural CrimeCon CLUE Award for Best True Crime Book of 2021 and longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction. It recreates Scotland Yard's hunt for a Victorian Era seria
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Empire of Deception: The In...

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Empire makes the Top 100 in Canada and wins a Chicago book award

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>>>Canada's Globe and Mail and National Post newspapers have selected Empire of Deception as one of the Top 100 books of the year.
>>> And the strange-but-true tale of 1920s swindler Leo Koretz has won the Chicago Writers Association award for best non-fiction book of 2015. Details at: http://www.chicagowrites.org/4-books-... Read more of this blog post »
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A Gentleman and a Thief by Dean Jobb
"They just don’t make them like this anymore. In the 1920’s Arthur Barry was perhaps the best of his kind - a jewel thief. Dressed in a tuxedo, he would sneak into parties thrown by the rich and famous so that he could get a look at the jewelry being " Read more of this review »
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"Princess Fuzzypants here: While there is no doubt Arthur Barry committed some outlandish crimes, he was an artist at what he did. Moreover, he did it with panache and charm that set him apart from the common or garden criminal. Chameleon-like, he cou" Read more of this review »
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"The life story of a legendary jewel thief provides an interesting peek into the growing wealth of Roaring 20's America - and the lengths people will go to get their slice of the pie.

Arthur Barry was a thief with a conscience. He never hurt anyone an" Read more of this review »
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"4 1/2 stars
We all have an image of a big city criminal in the 20's and 30's - a rough, streetwise man driving a getaway car shooting widely. So this version of a gentleman jewel thief named Arthur Barry, who was more Cary Grant than Al Capone, intrig" Read more of this review »
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“Nothing was as it seemed in Leo Koretz’s make-believe world of mysterious syndicates and Panamanian oil fields. Accounts written long after his death added fresh layers of myth and distortion, but I was determined to learn the truth about a larger-than-life figure who rarely, if ever, told the truth. The real story of the man who pioneered and mastered the Ponzi scheme, is so gripping – and, at times, so incredible – that it needs no embellishment. And it’s a story woven into the fabric of the corrupt politics and gang warfare that plagued Chicago in the 1920s.”
Dean Jobb, Empire of Deception: The Incredible Story of a Master Swindler Who Seduced a City and Captivated the Nation

“Con men need a battery of traits to win their victims’ trust and lighten their wallets. Chicago’s Leo Koretz had them all. They must be good actors and Leo, acting the part of a savvy financier who hobnobbed with a mysterious syndicate of millionaires, delivered a magnificent performance. They must be likeable, and everyone liked and trusted the generous, wisecracking, charming Leo. He could have been a top-flight lawyer, a business leader, or perhaps a powerful politician. He chose, instead, to become a master of promoting phony stocks.”
Dean Jobb, Empire of Deception: The Incredible Story of a Master Swindler Who Seduced a City and Captivated the Nation

“There is something quintessentially American about the confidence man, who reinvents himself to each new victim in the same way that America’s early settlers reinvented themselves in a new land .... America was built on dreams and promises, and dreams and promises are what a con man sells.”
Dean Jobb, Empire of Deception: The Incredible Story of a Master Swindler Who Seduced a City and Captivated the Nation

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You've got to become them."
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“Place has always been important to me, and one thing today's Chicago exudes, as it did in 1893, is a sense of place. I fell in love with the city, the people I encountered, and above all the lake and its moods, which shift so readily from season to season, day to day, even hour to hour.”
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