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History is told by the conquerors. Across the Western world, museums display the spoils of war, of conquest, of colonialism: priceless pieces of art looted from other countries, kept even now. Will Chen plans to steal them back. A senior at Harvard, Will fits comfortably in his carefully curated roles: a perfect student, an art history major and sometimes artist, the eldest son who has always been his parents' American Dream. But when a mysterious...
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A to Z mysteries. Main series volume 15
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2001.
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80 pages : ill. ; 20 cm.
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While visiting Dink's uncle in New York City, Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose help uncover who is responsible for stealing a very valuable painting.
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"August, 1911: The Mona Lisa is stolen by Vincent Peruggia. Exactly what happens in the two years before its recovery is a mystery. Many replicas of the Mona Lisa exist, and more than one historian has wondered if the painting now in the Louvre is a fake, switched in 1911. Present day: art professor Luke Perrone digs for the truth behind his most famous ancestor: Peruggia. His search attracts an Interpol detective with something to prove and an unfamiliar...
6) Lifeguard
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Pub. Date
2005
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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.
7) Headhunters
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Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Pub. Date
2011
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265, 21 p. ; 21 cm.
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Roger Brown is a headhunter and art thief living beyond his means and when he meets Clas Greve, a corporate candidate who reveals that he owns a priceless Rubens painting, Roger breaks into his apartment, initiating a series of events which puts Roger's life in danger.
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Series
Gabriel Allon novels volume 14
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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.
9) Doors open
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Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
2010
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364 p. ; 25 cm.
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Three friends descend upon an art auction and concoct a plan to "liberate" several paintings from the National Gallery. As enterprising girlfriends, clever detectives, a crime boss, seductive auctioneers and a Hell's Angel named Hate enter the picture, this fast-paced story of second guesses and double crosses keeps changing the picture.
11) The Emerald tide
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Series
Miramar Bay novels volume 6
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
266 pages ; 22 cm.
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Four years after his wife’s death, art history teacher Derek Gaines has finally made a kind of peace with himself. He tries his best to stave off memories. His days are ones of familiar routine. Guarded against further pain, he keeps relationships at a safe distance. It’s all part of his necessary transition to surviving alone. If anything is truly responsible for Derek making it back from the brink it’s his edifying work as a consultant for...
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Chasing Vermeer volume 4
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When thirteen high-value pieces of art are stolen from a secret museum, Calder, Petra, and Tommy are grouped with two new companions to solve puzzles that are complicated by the clever Mrs. Sharpe.
13) Declan's Cross
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Pub. Date
2013
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For marine biologist Julianne Maroney, two weeks in tiny Declan's Cross on the south Irish coast is a chance to heal her broken heart. She doesn't expect to attract the attention of FBI agents Emma Sharpe and Colin Donovan -- especially since a Donovan is the reason for her broken heart. And the well-connected American diver who invited her to Ireland has disappeared. As a dark conspiracy unfolds, the race is on to stop a ruthless killer.
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Publisher
Morros Press
Pub. Date
[c2003]
Physical Desc
260 p. ; 23 cm.
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Blends art theft, fraud, archeological and ecological vandalism, and murder with the fascination with Indian rock art and mythology. A complex, multi-layered plot involves two different, yet realistic and likeable characters--Jack Reed, a wounded and confused oceanologist and Cierra Rose Alcaraz, a half-Yaqui, half-Hispanic policewoman. The mystery unfolds amidst the enchanting background of the Arizona desert. Jack's ranch house and the critters...
15) Headhunters
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Debolsillo/Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, S.A.U
Pub. Date
2022
Physical Desc
292 pages ; 19 cm
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"Roger Brown parece tenerlo todo. Con su ambición y carisma ha conseguido ser lider en su trabajo como headhunter para empresas, comprar una lujosa mansión casarse con una mujer culta y atractiva que gestiona una galeria de art... y sin embargo, Brown no puede escapar a su codicia. El deseo de riqueza y su obsesión por lo bello le ha llevado a convertirse en ladrón de obras de arte, y cuando conoce a Clas Greve, cree ver en él un blanco perfecto....
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Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
323 pages ; 20 cm.
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A museum director walks into work one morning to discover that the entire collection of porcelain, old documents, and paintings is gone. He calls the local police, and examining magistrate Antoine Verlaque sets out to learn the thief's identity. Verlaque wonders if this could have something to do with the recent robbery of Madame de Montbarbon's apartment. He is distracted by the impending of birth of his first child with his wife, Marine Bonnet....
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Series
Vicky Bliss mysteries volume 5
Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
c1994
Physical Desc
ix, 353 p. : map ; 25 cm.
18) Painted ladies
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Series
Spenser novels volume 38
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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.
20) The art of theft
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Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2019.
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294 pages ; 21 cm.
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"As "Sherlock Holmes, consulting detective," Charlotte Holmes has solved murders and found missing individuals. But she has never stolen a priceless artwork--or rather, made away with the secrets hidden behind a much-coveted canvas. But Mrs. Watson is desperate to help her old friend recover those secrets and Charlotte finds herself involved in a fever-paced scheme to infiltrate a glamorous Yuletide ball where the painting is one handshake away from...
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