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61) Among thieves
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Boston attorney Scott Finn agrees to help old friend Devon Malley who has been charged with theft, and to care for Malley's teenage daughter, but Finn realizes something bigger is afoot when the men Malley tells him to talk to for information are found dead, and it is not long before Finn finds himself involved in a plot involving IRA terrorists and a twenty-year-old art theft.
64) The Juliet Code
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Newlyweds Lord and Lady Astley Finally Reach Their Honeymoon Destination Only to Encounter a New Mystery in Need of Solving Frederick and Grace Percy finally make it to Italy to enjoy a delayed honeymoon and explore the beauties of the historic city of Venice. To their surprise, their friend, Detective Jack Miracle, is also in the city, investigating a series of art heists starting at the house of eccentric millionaire, Laraby Covington. Drawn...
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There's no such thing as a typical day at Helping Paws Animal Shelter, and this wasn't the first time I've had a soggy box waiting for me on the doorstep with a disgruntled cat inside.
However, this was the first time the cat talked to me.
What did the barista put in my coffee?
Persephone insists she's been catnapped, and she's witnessed an art heist. There's a huge reward for the safe return of the painting, and that money could go a long way to...
66) The marble mask
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Joe Gunther, newly appointed head of the Vermont Bureau of Investigation, becomes caught up in a blizzard of intrigue when he sets out to discover the truth about the death of wartime tycoon Jean Deschamps whose mummified corpse is found after fifty years frozen into a block of ice on Mt. Mansfield.
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An old-money East Coast family faces the suspicious death of its patriarch and the unsolved theft of a Goya painting rumored to be cursed. There are four cousins in the Morse family: perfect Kenny, the preppy West Coast lawyer; James, the shy but brilliant medical student; his seductive, hard-drinking sister Audrey; and Teresa, youngest and most fragile, haunted by the fear that she has inherited the madness that possessed her father. Their grandfather...
68) Always a thief
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Exhibition director Morgan West, worried that Quinn, an infamous cat burglar, might make an appearance at her upcoming show of the priceless Bannister collection, is surprised when Quinn turns up at her door seeking her help, and even more shocked to discover she has a psychic connection to the thief.
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IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
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After a bag mix up earlier in the day, Vlad and the monster gang become part of a crazy art heist. They've found the thugs who stole the art from the museum, but now they must find a way to save themselves!
70) False picture
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A widowed amateur sleuth shadows an international art thief from London to Bruges in this "sprightly second cozy" by the author of False Charity (Publishers Weekly).
Bea Abbot doesn't do murder. The modest agency she runs from her Victorian home in Kensington is better at finding good domestic help and the best caterers. Yet how can she turn away her oldest friend? Velma's prodigal stepson Philip has vanished....
Bea Abbot doesn't do murder. The modest agency she runs from her Victorian home in Kensington is better at finding good domestic help and the best caterers. Yet how can she turn away her oldest friend? Velma's prodigal stepson Philip has vanished....
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When a job looks like amateur hour, Parker walks away. But even a squad of seasoned professionals can't guarantee against human error in a high-risk scam. Can an art dealer with issues unload a truck of paintings with Parker's aid? Or will the heist end up too much of a human interest story, as luck runs out before Parker can get in on the score?
72) Nothing ventured
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As a member of Scotland Yard's arts and antiquities squad, Detective William Warwick investigates the theft of a priceless Rembrandt painting, falling in love with Beth Rainsford, a gallery research assistant, while conducting the investigation.
Much to his father's dismay, William Warwick rejects a career in law to join London's Metropolitan Police Force. He advances from a beat cop to a detective in Scotland Yard's arts and antiquities squad. Investigating...
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Roger Atwood knows more about the market for ancient objects than almost anyone. He knows where priceless antiquities are buried, who is digging them up, and who is fencing and buying them. In this fascinating book, Atwood takes readers on a journey through Iraq, Peru, Hong Kong, and across America, showing how the worldwide antiquities trade is destroying what's left of the ancient sites before archaeologists can reach them, and thus erasing their...
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"For years, there have been whispers that, before his death, Van Gogh completed a final self-portrait. Curators and art historians have savored this rumor, hoping it could illuminate some of the troubled artist's many secrets, but even they have to concede that the missing painting is likely lost forever. But when Luke Perrone, artist and great-grandson of the man who stole the Mona Lisa, and Alexis Verde, daughter of a notorious art thief, discover...
75) Shell game
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When V. I Warshawski gets word that her closest friend and mentor Lotty Herschel's nephew has become a suspect in a murder, the legendary detective will do everything she can to save him. The cops found Felix Herschel's name and phone number on the unknown victim's remains, but Felix insists he doesn't know why. As Vic digs deeper, she discovers that the dead man was obsessed with Middle Eastern archaeology-the first clue in a bewildering case that...
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Crime travelers volume 03
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[2016]
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Lucas Benes faces his greatest challenge yet when he finds a secret message from his mother hidden inside a sunken cargo container. In a near-death scuba diving experience, Lucas and the New Resistance kids learn that Good Company CEO Siba Günerro-along with her newest and most beautiful Curukians-is planning a massive art heist. Lucas and friends scour the Spanish countryside looking for clues. But to unravel the mysteries of both the robbery and...
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Double detectives volume 4
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When twins Cody and Otis visit Paris with their father and their cousin Rae, they investigate a crime wave of priceless art pieces, and find themselves hiding in a world-famous museum to witness a heist in action.
78) Declan's Cross
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Sharpe & Donovan novels volume 3
Sharpe and Donovan novel volume 03
Thorndike Press large print basic
Sharpe and Donovan novels volume 3
Sharpe and Donovan novel volume 03
Thorndike Press large print basic
Sharpe and Donovan novels volume 3
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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. Emma and Colin are in Ireland for their own personal retreat. Colin knows he's a reminder of everything Julianne wants to escape, but something about her trip raises...
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"Edge-of-the-seat suspense . . . Her scene setting is convincing and her pacing flawless . . . Eagle enriches the romance genre." —Publishers Weekly
His gift is a rare talent; his art celebrates an important American legacy. But it's born from a torment that might make him as dangerous as he is irresistible.
Wealthy, beautiful and sophisticated, Cassandra Westbrook collects exquisite art objects with a connoisseur's fine taste and a rich...
His gift is a rare talent; his art celebrates an important American legacy. But it's born from a torment that might make him as dangerous as he is irresistible.
Wealthy, beautiful and sophisticated, Cassandra Westbrook collects exquisite art objects with a connoisseur's fine taste and a rich...
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""Ocean's Eleven" meets "The Farewell" in this lush, lyrical heist novel inspired by the true story of Chinese art vanishing from Western museums, about diaspora, the colonization of art, and the complexity of the Chinese American identity. 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...
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