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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The Gardner Heist The Gardner Heist Ulrich Boser **One museum, two thieves, and the Boston underworld — the story behind the lost Gardner masterpieces and the art detective who swore to get them back** Shortly after midnight on March 18, 1990, t… OL13609165W
Kraken Kraken China Miéville Kraken is a fantasy novel by British author China Miéville. It is published in the UK by Macmillan, and in the US by Del Rey Books. The book bears the subtitle "An Anatomy" on the title page. It was … OL14990804W
Still as death Still as death Sarah Stewart Taylor While tracking down a missing artifact, a piece of Egyptian funerary jewelry that has vanished from the collection of a Harvard art museum, art history professor Sweeney St. George discovers that a s… OL15856845W
The Lost Island The Lost Island Lincoln Child,Douglas Preston After being tasked with stealing a page from a priceless, ancient book, brilliant scientist and master thief Gideon Crew discovers a hidden map on the back of the book's parchment, in the third novel… OL19982062W
Master thieves Master thieves Stephen A. Kurkjian "In a secret meeting in 1981, a master thief named Louis Royce gave career gangster Ralph Rossetti the tip of a lifetime. As a kid, Royce had visited the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and made a ha… OL20008384W
The Bermuda Key The Bermuda Key B. R. Bentley "The emerald-encrusted gold San Pedro cross has been stolen from the Bermuda Maritime Museum. In its place remains an impeccable forgery. The investigation into its disappearance by the police and it… OL24250525W
Choose Your Own Adventure - The Mona Lisa is Missing! Choose Your Own Adventure - The Mona Lisa is Missing! Ramsey Montgomery The Mona Lisa is missing and you are the detective on the case. With all of Europe on the lookout, there have been several false leads. Your friend Pierre thinks you've got a prime suspect in your mi… OL2928252W
Museum of the Missing Museum of the Missing Simon Houpt The trade in stolen art -- Julian Radcliffe -- Art as a commodity -- Theft in a time of war -- The uncommon criminal -- The lost art detective agency -- The space on the wall -- Gallery of missing ar… OL8713444W