Art Heist On The High Seas

Author : Joshua Kinser
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781728708317
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Art Heist on the High Seas written by Joshua Kinser and published by . This book was released on 2018-10-11 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a well-published author who spent more than five years working aboard cruise ships.Comedy and intrigue emerge after a priceless painting by Gustav Klimt vanishes into the salty sea air, and everyone aboard the seven-day Caribbean cruise is a suspect. The story quickly sails out of control as it ventures inside the sleazy and fast-paced world of cruise ship art auctions.A room steward is entangled in the heist after a detective is called onto the scene.A beautiful cruise ship dancer is looking for love, but instead of Prince Charming she finds a crew of filthy pirates below deck.A thief believes it's his destiny to steal one of Europe's most valuable artworks, but when the heist goes awry, he thinks he might be the one getting bamboozled.Venture deep below the waterline and unravel a mystery that is much more meaningful than it appears from the surface of the sea.

Author : Boston, Mass. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300063417
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum written by Boston, Mass. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book takes you through the collection gallery by gallery, illuminating the art and installations in each room"--From preface.

Author : Hope Callaghan
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781548305543
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book High Seas Heist written by Hope Callaghan and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-06-23 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "High Seas Heist," is Book 10 in the Cruise Ship Christian Cozy Mysteries Series BONUS: Recipe Included! Assistant Cruise Director, Millie Sanders is overwhelmed when her boss takes an emergency leave of absence to care for his ailing mother, and discovers she's now in charge of the entire ship's entertainment. As if she didn't have enough on her plate, a family of special "guests" arrives for a last minute cruise, which threatens to send Millie over the edge. Her anxiety turns to outright panic when the manager of the ship's art gallery discovers several expensive pieces of art have been stolen and the manager is pointing fingers at not only Andy, but also Millie! Can Millie keep her cool long enough to help solve the mystery of the high seas heist or will she risk losing her job and face possible prison time?

Author : Joshua Kinser
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781494411947
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cruise Ship Capers written by Joshua Kinser and published by . This book was released on 2013-12-07 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (MYSTERY/COMEDY)A priceless painting by Gustav Klimt vanishes into the briny thin air and everyone aboard the seven-day Caribbean cruise is a suspect. This mysterious comedy set on the high seas examines the vastly different shipboard lives of the high-class passengers who enjoy a lido-deck life of luxury and the underprivileged crew who live a secret, sordid, and sometimes Dickensian life below deck. The story quickly sails out of control as it explores the often seedy and always fast-paced world of cruise ship art auctions. Beni Bayani, a Filipino room steward for Festivus Cruise Lines becomes unexpectedly entangled in the cunning art heist after Gunner Crossman, a quirky and crossword-obsessed sleuth, is called onto the crime scene by Seven Seas Insurance Company.A colorful crew is found aboard the cruise ship, including Madison Brighton, the beautiful showgirl who brings her big dreams and complicated past out to sea, and who isn't willing to settle for just a ship mate. She wants a soul mate. But instead of Prince Charming she finds a crew of filthy pirates below deck. Daniel Fuhrman, a complex thief with unclear motives, is the leader of an eclectic band of burglars who believe it is their destiny to steal one of Europe's most valuable artworks. When the heist goes awry, the thieves are left with the unsettling feeling that they are the ones who have been bamboozled.Who will walk the plank? Who will command the helm? Batten down the hatches, pull out your brass spotting scopes, and follow Madison, Beni, Daniel, and Gunner deep below the waterline as they unravel a mystery that is much more meaningful than it appears from the surface of the sea.

Author : Julie Anne Grasso
Publisher : Bublish, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 194622930X
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Frankie Dupont and the High Seas Heist written by Julie Anne Grasso and published by Bublish, Inc.. This book was released on 2017-02-14 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frankie Dupont seems to catch odd-ball cases in the most unlikely places. You would think he would be used to it by now. When his next case lands him on a luxury cruise liner full of devious chocolatiers with ulterior motives, Frankie will be expected to solve the crime, even before it's committed. Although his mind is certainly up for the challenge, Frankie realises his stomach is yet to find its sea legs.

Author : Stephen Kurkjian
Publisher : PublicAffairs
ISBN 13 : 1610394240
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Master Thieves written by Stephen Kurkjian and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2015-03-10 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive story of the greatest art theft in history. In a secret meeting in 1981, a low-level Boston thief gave career gangster Ralph Rossetti the tip of a lifetime: the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum was a big score waiting to happen. Though its collections included priceless artworks by Rembrandt, Vermeer, Degas, and others, its security was cheap, mismanaged, and out of date. And now, it seemed, the whole Boston criminal underworld knew it. Nearly a decade passed before the Museum was finally hit. But when it finally happened, the theft quickly became one of the most infamous art heists in history: thirteen works of art valued at up to 500 million, by some of the most famous artists in the world, were taken. The Boston FBI took control of the investigation, but twenty-five years later the case is still unsolved and the artwork is still missing. Stephen Kurkjian, one of the top investigative reporters in the country, has been working this case for over nearly twenty years. In Master Thieves, he sheds new light on some of the Gardner's most abiding mysteries. Why would someone steal these paintings, only to leave them hidden for twenty-five years? And why, if one of the top crime bosses in the city knew about this score in 1981, did the theft happen in 1990? What happened in those intervening years? And what might all this have to do with Boston's notorious gang wars of the 1980s? Kurkjian's reporting is already responsible for some of the biggest breaks in this story, including a meticulous reconstruction of what happened at the Museum that fateful night. Now Master Thieves will reveal the identities of those he believes plotted the heist, the motive for the crime, and the details that the FBI has refused to discuss. Taking you on a journey deep into the gangs of Boston, Kurkjian emerges with the most complete and compelling version of this story ever told.

Author : Anthony M. Amore
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 0230337422
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stealing Rembrandts written by Anthony M. Amore and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2011-07-05 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anthony M. Amore and Tom Mashberg's Stealing Rembrandts is a spellbinding journey into the high-stakes world of art theft Today, art theft is one of the most profitable criminal enterprises in the world, exceeding $6 billion in losses to galleries and art collectors annually. And the masterpieces of Rembrandt van Rijn are some of the most frequently targeted. In Stealing Rembrandts, art security expert Anthony M. Amore and award-winning investigative reporter Tom Mashberg reveal the actors behind the major Rembrandt heists in the last century. Through thefts around the world - from Stockholm to Boston, Worcester to Ohio - the authors track daring entries and escapes from the world's most renowned museums. There are robbers who coolly walk off with multimillion dollar paintings; self-styled art experts who fall in love with the Dutch master and desire to own his art at all costs; and international criminal masterminds who don't hesitate to resort to violence. They also show how museums are thwarted in their ability to pursue the thieves - even going so far as to conduct investigations on their own, far away from the maddening crowd of police intervention, sparing no expense to save the priceless masterpieces. Stealing Rembrandts is an exhilarating, one-of-a-kind look at the black market of art theft, and how it compromises some of the greatest treasures the world has ever known.

Author : Ulrich Boser
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 006197286X
Total Pages : 407 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gardner Heist written by Ulrich Boser and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-02-19 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Boser cracks the cold case of the art world’s greatest unsolved mystery.”— Vanity Fair One museum, two thieves, and the Boston underworld: the riveting story of the 1990 Gardner Museum robbery, the largest unsolved art theft in history. Perfect for fans of the Netflix series This is a Robbery: The World's Biggest Art Heist! Shortly after midnight on March 18, 1990, two men broke into the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston and committed the largest art heist in history. They stole a dozen masterpieces, including one Vermeer, three Rembrandts, and five Degas. But after thousands of leads, hundreds of interviews, and a $5 million reward, not a single painting has been recovered. Worth as much as $500 million, the missing masterpieces have become the Holy Grail of the art world and their theft one of the nation’s most extraordinary unsolved mysteries. Art detective Harold Smith worked the theft for years, and after his death, reporter Ulrich Boser decided to pick up where he left off. Traveling deep into the art underworld, Boser explores Smith’s unfinished leads and comes across a remarkable cast of characters, including a brilliant rock ‘n’ roll art thief and a golden-boy gangster who professes his innocence in rhyming verse. A tale of art and greed, of obsession and loss, The Gardner Heist is as compelling as the stolen masterpieces themselves.

Author : Kirk Wallace Johnson
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101981628
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Feather Thief written by Kirk Wallace Johnson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-04-24 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As heard on NPR's This American Life “Absorbing . . . Though it's non-fiction, The Feather Thief contains many of the elements of a classic thriller.” —Maureen Corrigan, NPR’s Fresh Air “One of the most peculiar and memorable true-crime books ever.” —Christian Science Monitor A rollicking true-crime adventure and a captivating journey into an underground world of fanatical fly-tiers and plume peddlers, for readers of The Stranger in the Woods, The Lost City of Z, and The Orchid Thief. On a cool June evening in 2009, after performing a concert at London's Royal Academy of Music, twenty-year-old American flautist Edwin Rist boarded a train for a suburban outpost of the British Museum of Natural History. Home to one of the largest ornithological collections in the world, the Tring museum was full of rare bird specimens whose gorgeous feathers were worth staggering amounts of money to the men who shared Edwin's obsession: the Victorian art of salmon fly-tying. Once inside the museum, the champion fly-tier grabbed hundreds of bird skins—some collected 150 years earlier by a contemporary of Darwin's, Alfred Russel Wallace, who'd risked everything to gather them—and escaped into the darkness. Two years later, Kirk Wallace Johnson was waist high in a river in northern New Mexico when his fly-fishing guide told him about the heist. He was soon consumed by the strange case of the feather thief. What would possess a person to steal dead birds? Had Edwin paid the price for his crime? What became of the missing skins? In his search for answers, Johnson was catapulted into a years-long, worldwide investigation. The gripping story of a bizarre and shocking crime, and one man's relentless pursuit of justice, The Feather Thief is also a fascinating exploration of obsession, and man's destructive instinct to harvest the beauty of nature.

Author : Diane Rapp
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781491273678
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Murder for Glacier Blue written by Diane Rapp and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-08-08 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Painted in 1907, “Glacier Blue” is an oil painting recently appraised at 2 million pounds. Reginald C. Pierpont, the artist who created the stunning masterpiece, studied with the Impressionists in Europe and bold visionaries in the Americas. The sole heir to a family fortune, Reggie used his vast holdings and leisure time to experiment with new techniques and daring ideas to create his art. Although the masterpiece failed to turn heads during his own time period, Reggie's secret method triggers larcenous schemes among modern crooks.Genuine Fakes, an auction company that sells “authorized copies” of famous paintings, arranges to hold six charity auctions of fakes during a voyage to Alaska. Million-dollar originals will be displayed next to the Genuine Fakes during each auction—six opportunities for international thieves to steal a valuable piece of art. The president of Constellation Cruise Lines, Emily Schultz suddenly needs her new crack security team to guard the paintings. When one of the fakes gets stolen from the buyer's cabin, a discrete search for the missing canvas begins. The stakes rise when a body is found next to the missing fake, and the investigation suddenly takes a deadly turn. The investigators learn more about “Glacier Blue” and realize it's no ordinary work of art. The painting's special secret already provoked one murder, and it gets easier to kill again. Emily begs Kayla and Steven to work for a few days before their wedding on Glacier Bay. They expected a stress-free cruise up the Inside Passage of Alaska, filled with glaciers, wildlife, and stunning scenery, but an art heist and murder might interrupt their romantic plans. To ramp up stress levels, Steven's ex-wife, Cynthia, shows up for the cruise on the arm of Steven's school chum—and Kayla feels hate-at-first-sight. The young couple must entertain future in-laws while trying to outsmart murderous outlaws. As the ship navigates through icy waters, truth lies hidden from plain view, like the treacherous underwater portions of dangerous icebergs. Greed, jealousy, and envy generate potent motives for murder.