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Called upon by The Hammond Museum and renowned art scholar Dr. Ashton Prince, Boston PI Spenser accepts his latest case: to provide protection during a ransom exchange-money for a stolen painting. The case becomes personal when Spenser fails to protect his client and the valuable painting remains stolen.
2) Homeport
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English
Description
A woman art historian and an art thief join forces to find a stolen 15th century statue of the Dark Lady, one of Michelangelo's mistresses. Love blooms between Dr. Miranda Jones, a six-foot redhead, and Ryan Boldari, a handsome Irish-Italian, but can she trust him? Lots of detail on authenticating art.
3) Once a thief
Author
Series
Thief series volume 1
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
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Asked to risk his priceless jewel collection in order to snare a master thief, Max Bannister discovers that his beautiful and savvy exhibit director, Morgan West, has become a pawn in the dark and evil schemes of a dangerous criminal mastermind.
Author
Series
Thief series volume 2
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
In a deadly game of skill and deception...A master thief is just the first wild card…
The priceless, rarely displayed Bannister collection is about to be exhibited—and the show’s director, Morgan West, can’t ignore her growing uneasiness. She’s certain she hasn’t seen the last of the infamous cat burglar Quinn. But she never expected him to turn up at her apartment one dark night in desperate need of her...
The priceless, rarely displayed Bannister collection is about to be exhibited—and the show’s director, Morgan West, can’t ignore her growing uneasiness. She’s certain she hasn’t seen the last of the infamous cat burglar Quinn. But she never expected him to turn up at her apartment one dark night in desperate need of her...
5) Thief's mark
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English
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As a young boy, Oliver York witnessed the murder of his wealthy parents in their London apartment. The killers kidnapped him and held him in an isolated Scottish ruin, but he escaped, thwarting their plans for ransom. Now, after thirty years on the run, one of the two men Oliver identified as his tormentors may have surfaced. Emma Sharpe and Colin Donovan are enjoying the final day of their Irish honeymoon when a break-in at the home of Emma's grandfather,...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"As he pushes fifty, painter and petty thief Oliver Otway Orme reflects on his life, trying to uncover the answer to how and why things have turned out as they have, excavating memories of family, of places he has called home, and of the way he has apprehended the world around him"--
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"For centuries, works of art have been stolen in countless ways from all over the world, but no one has been quite as successful at it as the master thief Stéphane Breitwieser. Carrying out more than two hundred heists over nearly ten years-in museums and cathedrals all over Europe-Breitwieser, along with his girlfriend who worked as his lookout, stole more than three hundred objects, until it all fell apart in spectacular fashion. In The Art Thief,...
8) Liar's key
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Series
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English
Description
An FBI legend, a mysterious antiquities specialist and a brazen art thief draw top FBI agents Emma Sharpe and Colin Donovan into a complex web of blackmail, greed and murder in the eagerly awaited new novel in the highly acclaimed Sharpe & Donovan series. Emma Sharpe is suspicious when retired Special Agent Gordon Wheelock, a legend in FBI art crimes, drops by her Boston office for a visit. Gordy says he's heard rumors about stolen ancient mosaics....
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
viii, 403 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The single greatest work of art in the world is not in the Louvre or The Met, or in any private collection. In fact, its whereabouts are unknown. Once in a long while, a child is born possessing the rarest of gifts, the innate ability to feel impossible beauty, to recognize priceless works of art. When such a child is discovered, a 250-year-old secret organization called Our World trains them to acquire the greatest works of art through theft, bribery,...
11) Glass houses
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English
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NYPD homicide detective Aiden Flynn is drawn into a deadly game of cat and mouse when he receives a cryptic e-mail that leads him to a beguiling British woman, Olivia Fitz-Durham, on a high-stakes and dangerous quest.
Series
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A debonair, adventuresome bank executive believes he has pulled off the perfect multi-million dollar heist, only to match wits with a sexy insurance investigator who will do anything to get her man.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 533 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Danny McNamara is a former FBI agent specializing in stolen arts and antiquities. Lexi Vaziri is a resourceful art thief who is haunted by the tragic loss of her father, which she blames on Danny. When terrorist Karim Farouk absconds with a priceless artifact and kidnaps Danny's mentor Dr. Anna Castillo, Danny recruits Lexi to help him bring Farouk to justice and rescue Anna. As they chase down Farouk, they encounter unscrupulous individuals who may...
15) The coming storm
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Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
491 pages ; 17 cm
Language
English
Description
The welcoming: Danger rarely comes to Whale Watch Inn on Orcas Island. But undercover FBI agent Roman DeWinter knows something ugly is going on beneath the cozy surface. He believes there is an insidious criminal gang operating out of the inn, and all the evidence points to Charity Ford, the owner. When a hit-and-run attack leaves Charity shaken and bruised, Roman is left questioning if he should trust his heart or his head.
The art of deception:...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
383 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
A group of criminals in 1946 pull off the heist of the century, stealing a dozen priceless works of art from a Boston museum. But while the thieves get caught, the art is never found. Forty years later, the last surviving thief gets out of jail and goes hunting for the loot, involving some innocent college students in his dangerous plan - and thirty years after that, in the present day, the former college kids, now all grown up, are drawn back into...
17) Icarus
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Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
382 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A thief who steals priceless art and replaces it with his father's impeccable forgeries while targeting Mr. Black, the man responsible for his mother's death, Icarus Gallagher is torn between family loyalty, revenge, escape and Mr. Black's son--the boy he's come to love.
"Icarus Gallagher is a thief. He steals priceless art and replaces it with his father's impeccable forgeries. For years, one man--the wealthy Mr. Black--has been their target in...
Author
Series
World of spies volume 2
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
300 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Husband and wife college professors Hollis and Finn Larsson receive a mysterious envelope containing passports under new names. They are forced onto a private plane headed to Argentina, with a mission to find an art thief.
20) The black sun
Author
Series
Tom Kirk series volume 2
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
ix, 417 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
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