In the midst of the Jazz Age a gang headed by Richard and Margaret Whittemore - AKA Tiger Girl and the Candy Kid - went on a year-long crime spree that netted more than a million dollars in cash and gems and resulted in the death of perhaps a half dozen men. Smarter, better looking, and far more successful than Bonnie and Clyde, Tiger Girl and the Candy Kid were front page news coast to coast, a romantic pairing as well known in the Roaring Twenties as Kanye West and Kim Kardashian are today.
Richard was the archetypal tough guy gangster, Margaret his beautiful and devoted, jewel-draped femme fatale. Together, for a brief time, they stole diamonds by day and then lived out their wildest fantasies by night rubbing shoulders with elite society in Manhattan's most-exclusive cabarets and restaurants.
In this CrimeCon exclusive, author Glenn Stout will bring their story to life while also revealing the unique process of researching historical crime, how he re-discovered the Whittemores, and how, despite the lack of police reports, FBI files, and trials transcripts he brought Tiger Girl and the Candy Kid back to life
in a book the
Wall Street Journal recently called “a hell of a yarn, worthy of an HBO hoodlum epic like
Boardwalk Empire.”
