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Heist Society (Heist Society #1) Heist Society (Heist Society #1) Ally Carter When Katarina Bishop was three, her parents took her to the Louvre...to case it. For her seventh birthday, Katarina and her Uncle Eddie traveled to Austria...to steal the crown jewels. When Kat turne… OL14909677W
Buy back Buy back Brian M. Wiprud Tom Davin's business is a bit unusual--he finds stolen art and sells it back to its owners for a good penny--until he uncovers a devious plot and finds himself on the run from a vicious Russian assas… OL15409238W
Heist Society (Heist Society #1) Heist Society (Heist Society #1) Ally Carter When Katarina Bishop was three, her parents took her to Louvre... to case it. For her seventh birthday, Katarina and her uncle travelled to Austria... to steal the crown jewels. When Kat turned fifte… OL15582220W
The fine art of murder The fine art of murder Donald Bain Jessica vacations in Italy, where she joins a tour that takes her to a variety of private homes, restaurants, and rural churches where lesser-known Italian masterworks are displayed. Her idyllic tim… OL16342226W
Hot art Hot art Joshua Knelman "Hot Art traces Joshua Knelman's five-year immersion in the shadowy world of art theft, which takes him from Egypt to Los Angeles, New York to London, and back again, through a web of deceit, violenc… OL16361775W
Saving Italy Saving Italy Robert M. Edsel When Hitler's armies occupied Italy in 1943, they also seized control of mankind's greatest cultural treasures. As they had done throughout Europe, the Nazis could now plunder the masterpieces of the… OL16811128W
Diamonds In Disguise Diamonds In Disguise Tessa Barclay Gregory Crowne investigates after a valuable Russian icon disappears from a villa that his grandmother, ex-Queen Nicolletta of Hirtenstein, is redecorating for an Italian politician. OL17442303W
What's behind the Mighty Fitz? What's behind the Mighty Fitz? Joanne A. Reisberg "When Lucas Sanchez fails to catch a Frisbee and it crashes into an oil painting of the Edmund Fitzgerald, he is stunned as part of a green eye stares back. He remembers a CNN report of an art heist … OL17923144W
Tasting fear Tasting fear Shannon McKenna When their foster mother is murdered, the D'Onofrio women hunt for her murderer and to track down a family legacy gone missing--rare, priceless art from the Renaissance--but the sisters are on their … OL18167362W
The Modigliani Scandal The Modigliani Scandal Ken Follett Todas las intrigas y corrupciones del mundo del arte, con sus notables implicaciones económicas, desfilan por estas páginas escritas con la habitual maestría de Ken Follett. OL1914081W
Midnight in the piazza Midnight in the piazza Tiffany Parks After moving to Rome with her father, thirteen-year-old Beatrice witnesses a shadowy figure steal the turtle sculptures from a fountain located outside her window and is determined to solve the crime… OL19733072W
The gilded seal The gilded seal James Twining When former art thief Tom Kirk hears of the murder of a friend, he abandons his enquiry into the theft of a priceless da Vinci and turns his attention to the murder, only to find himself once again c… OL19852916W
Losing Ground Losing Ground Catherine Aird A Detective Chief Inspector C.D. Sloan mystery The dramatic theft of an eighteenth-century painting is discovered just before the old manor house from which it was stolen—and is uniquely depicted… OL1989513W
Painted ladies Painted ladies Robert B. Parker 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. Th… OL19944831W
Crushed Crushed Sara Shepard "It's springtime in Rosewood, but while everyone else is searching for the perfect prom dress, Hanna, Spencer, Emily, and Aria are on a different kind of hunt: They're looking for A...Hanna puts her … OL19965033W
Declan's Cross Declan's Cross Carla Neggers Marine biologist Julianne Maroney comes to tiny Declan's Cross on the south Irish coast to heal her broken heart. Colin, who broke her heart, and his partner Emma are also in Declan's Cross to invest… OL19967550W
Domina Domina L. S. Hilton "In this riveting sequel to the instant New York Times bestseller, Maestra, femme fatale Judith Rashleigh once again leads readers into the mesmerizing and dangerous underworld of Europe's glamorous … OL20059194W
Lost Mona Lisa Lost Mona Lisa R. A. Scotti Late on the afternoon of Sunday, August 20th 1911, three men strolled through the Louvre. Disguising themselves as museum staff they hid until nightfall. 16 hours later the most famous painting in th… OL21036539W
Catch and release Catch and release Lawrence Block Block's short stories are intelligent and respectful of the reader yet often take an unexpected turn. He plays fair. If you reread the story, you'll find that he left you little clues about the final… OL24253419W
Heart of fire Heart of fire Maxine Barry Charis Scott, a princess of the Royal Hawaiian bloodline, isn't prepared for the advent of Jago Marsh into her life, a man who wants to take her company, self-respect and anything else that he can co… OL24269027W
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