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William Warwick novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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"Nothing Ventured heralds the start of a brand new series in the style of Jeffrey Archer's #1 New York Times bestselling Clifton Chronicles: introducing Detective William Warwick. But this is not a detective story, this is a story about the making of a detective . . . William Warwick has always wanted to be a detective, and decides, much to his father's dismay, that rather than become a lawyer like his father, Sir Julian Warwick QC, and his sister...
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"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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[2024]
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English
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"Art restorer and legendary spy Gabriel Allon has slipped quietly into London to attend a reception at the Courtauld Gallery celebrating the return of a stolen self-portrait by Vincent van Gogh. But when an old friend from the Devon and Cornwall Police seeks his help with a baffling murder investigation, he finds himself pursuing a powerful and dangerous new adversary. The victim is Charlotte Blake, a celebrated professor of art history from Oxford...
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A to Z mysteries. Main series volume 15
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
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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Hardy Boys mystery stories volume 64
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
The art collector who suspects the Hardy boys of stealing one of his valuable paintings offers them a chance to prove their innocence by hiring them to find the painting and the real culprits.
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Miramar Bay novels volume 6
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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Still mourning his wife four years after her death, art history teacher and auction house consultant Derek Gaines teams up with Kelly Reid, the head of gallery operations at Christie's Los Angeles, to track down a stolen painting.
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Flat Stanley's worldwide adventures volume 11
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
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"Stanley Lambchop is whisked away to Paris, where he must help catch a mastermind art thief at the historical Louvre museum by posing a painting"-- Provided by publisher.
9) Doors open
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2010.
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English
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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.
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Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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As one thief wrote on the armored vault of a bank he'd just emptied: "Without weapons or violence and with no hate." Stealing a world-famous piece of art from a museum or snatching diamonds under 24-hour surveillance: there is a certain fascination for impressive robberies. And the world has seen some truly legendary ones. Famous Robberies tells the real adventures of those who walked through walls and did the impossible. It introduces the perpetrators...
12) Heist society
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Series
Heist society novels volume 1
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
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A group of teenagers uses their combined talents to re-steal several priceless paintings and save fifteen-year-old Kat Bishop's father, himself an international art thief, from a vengeful collector.
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Detective Luc Moncrief volume 1
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Joining the NYPD for a fresh start, French detective Luc Moncrief must become a quick study in the art of the steal, as gorgeous women drop dead at upscale department stores and priceless paintings vanish from a Park Avenue murder scene before a coldblooded killer strikes again.
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Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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A best-selling, Pulitzer Prize finalist examines the criminal biography of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, focusing on separating fact from fiction in the story of what is not only the most famous art heist in history, but which is the single most famous theft of all time.
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Stone Barrington novel volume 65
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English
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"Finally enjoying some downtime in Santa Fe, Stone Barrington agrees to attend an art exhibit with a dear friend. There, he encounters an intriguing woman who is on the trail of a ring of art thieves. Always one to please, Stone offers his help. From Santa Fe to Los Angeles, it quickly becomes clear that her investigation has links to Stone--particularly to rare Matilda Stone art, his mother's paintings. And when old grudges come to light, Stone is...
17) Painted ladies
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Series
Spenser novels volume 38
Pub. Date
[2010]
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.
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Studio classic volume 25
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A woman and a burglar hatch a scheme to swipe a forgery from an art museum to conceal her father's art forgeries.
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Pub. Date
2024.
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English
Description
"A new standalone legal thriller from the international bestselling author of GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN. Charlie Webb is a third rate lawyer who graduated from a third rate law-school and, because he couldn't get hired by any of the major law firms, has opened his own law firm, where he gets by handling cases for dubious associates from his youth and some court appointed cases. Described as "a leaky boat floating down the stream of life," Charlie has...
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