SOLVED. Short Story Author: premise of the stories was a well-to-do married couple who were in fact cat burglars [s]

[Leatrice]

I am looking for the author's name of a short story series that used to appear in Alfred Hitchcock/Ellery Queen Magazines. The premise of the stories were about a well-to-do married couple who were in fact cat burglars. They used their position in high society to rob rich people. Thank you.

[Michele]

There is an index to the Ellery Queen magazines here -- maybe one of the story titles will ring a bell.

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Leatrice, did you ever find this author?

[Leatrice]

Yes, it is Edward D Hoch.

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Oh cool. According to Wikipedia, the name of the burglar is Nick Velvet. So we can have a book to go with this thread, I'll shelve one of the Nick Velvet collections, The Thefts of Nick Velvet. Another one is The Velvet Touch.

"Nick Velvet is a professional thief for hire, with a peculiar specialty: for a flat fee, he steals only objects of negligible apparent value. Since his first appearance in EQMM in September 1966, he has stolen such things as an old spiderweb (which he was then obliged to replace), a day-old newspaper, and a used teabag. His original fee for a theft was $20,000."