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Series
Spenser novels volume 38
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
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) Three fates
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Language
English
Description
Irish siblings Malachi, Gideon, and Rebecca Sullivan cherish the family legend of their great-great-grandfather's acquisition of one of the Fates, a trio of priceless, long-separated silver statues. When the Sullivans' Fate is stolen by an unscrupulous New York antiquities dealer, they vow to retrieve the little silver lady, and thus begins a quest that will send them racing across Europe, traveling through Ireland, and dodging killers in New York...
3) Saint's gate
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Series
Language
English
Description
While investigating the murder of a nun in an isolated Maine town, FBI agent Colin Donovan goes undercover as an Irish fisherman and must decide if he wants to work alone or with Emma Sharpe, an art detective, to stop a killer's plot for eternal glory.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Description
Everything is going right for lifeguard Ned Kelley. He is involved with Tess, the most beautiful woman he has ever seen and what's more, a million dollars is within touching distance; his share of the score for the robbery of some world-class art. All he has to do is trigger alarms to throw the cops off the scent. But when Tess is brutally murdered and the others involved in the robbery are massacred, Ned is the prime suspect. He has been set up.
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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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,...
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Series
Gabriel Allon novels volume 14
Language
English
Description
Gabriel Allon, art restorer and occasional spy for Israel, must play a dangerous game of high stakes international intrigue as he searches for a stolen masterpiece by Caravaggio.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Emma Sharpe and Colin Donovan, two of the FBI's most valuable agents, are preparing for their next big assignment--their wedding--when Colin's brother Mike alerts them that onetime friends from his military past are on Sharpe and Donovan home turf on the Maine coast. Now private security contractors, they want to meet with Mike. One of them, an FBI agent named Kavanagh, is supposed to be on leave. What is he investigating--or does he have his own...
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Series
Scott Finn thrillers volume 3
Language
English
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Description
"Attorney Scott Finn is drawn into the deadly search for missing art"--Provided by the publisher.
10) False impression
Author
Language
English
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Description
A thrilling novel of suspense from the international bestselling author of The Clifton Chronicles, Jeffery Archer's False Impression.
Why was an elegant lady brutally murdered the night before 9/11?
Why was a successful New York banker not surprised to receive a woman's left ear in the morning mail?
Why did a top Manhattan lawyer work only for one client, but never charge a fee?
Why did a young woman with a bright
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Edition
1st Atria Books hardcover ed.
Physical Desc
290 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the wake of the thefts of three priceless art treasures from Rome, Paris, and London, art detective Gabriel Coffin and art historian Genevieve Delacloche team up to investigate a series of false leads, forgeries, and bizarre clues.
13) Doors open
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Language
English
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Description
Envisioning a half-serious art-theft scheme after a chance encounter with a crime boss, divorced banker Allan and frustrated art professor Robert share their idea with fellow art enthusiast Mike, who encourages them to carry out their plan.
Author
Series
Gabriel Allon novels volume 22
Language
English
Description
"A gripping story of deception in the world of international fine art. Restorer and spy Gabriel Allon embarks on a dangerous hunt across Europe for the secret behind the forgery of a seventeenth-century masterpiece that has fooled experts and exchanged hands for millions" -- adapted from back cover.
Author
Publisher
Times Books
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xiv, 414 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Evaluates the debate over the ownership of great works of ancient art, documenting how countries where ancient civilizations originated are taking Western museums to court to force the return of priceless objects.
Author
Series
Van Shaw novels volume 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Van Shaw is hired to evaluate the safeguards for the art collection of eccentric business magnate Sebastien Rohner. Then Rohner reveals to Van the real reason he's been recruited: to prevent another professional burglar from stealing the art. Rohner wants to set a thief to catch a thief. While questioning the bizarre nature of the job, Van accepts the lucrative offer and arrives at the island estate during an international summit that Rohner is hosting....
17) Heron's Cove
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Series
Language
English
Description
FBI deep-cover agent Colin Donovan and art crimes expert Emma Sharpe investigate when jewelry designer Tatiana Pavlova informs them that a priceless Russian jewelry collection that has recently been found is about to be stolen.
Author
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
264 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Art scams are today so numerous that the specter of a lawsuit arising from a mistaken attribution has scared a number of experts away from the business of authentication, and with good reason. Art scams are increasingly convincing and involve incredible sums of money. The cons perpetrated by unscrupulous art dealers and their accomplices are proportionately elaborate. The Art of the Con tells the stories of some of history's most notorious yet untold...
Author
Publisher
Phaidon Press Limited
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
294 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents a history of art forgery, from ancient times up to the present day, exploring the psychology and motivations of master forgers, the various ways in which they are able to deceive the art world, and the methods that investigators are using to catch them.
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