Download or read book Art Heists and Hairballs written by Bailey Booth and published by Bailey Booth. This book was released on 2022-01-09 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 helping all our animals find their forever homes. Now I have to convince the gallery owner and her associates—including the suspicious but adorable Henry the Hottie—that I can find the priceless painting. I don’t know a thing about art, but here I am, at an exhibit opening, wearing a dress called Lucky and co-conspiring with a talking cat. Typical days? They’re a thing of the past, especially if Persephone and I can crack the case and catch the thief.
Download or read book Art Heists and Hairballs written by Bailey Booth and published by Spy Kitty in the City. This book was released on 2021-10-11 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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.
Download or read book Top 15 Unsolved Art Heists written by Jade Summers and published by Jade Summers. This book was released on 2024-06-03 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 🎨 Dive into the captivating world of art theft with 'Top 15 Unsolved Art Heists'! 🌍✨ Explore the greatest mysteries and daring escapades that left the art world astounded. From the audacious Gardner Museum heist to the haunting theft of Munch's 'The Scream,' this book delves into the untold stories and unanswered questions. Perfect for true crime enthusiasts and art lovers alike, discover the secrets behind history's most notorious art heists. 🖼️🔍
Download or read book Potluck and Poison written by Bailey Booth and published by Bailey Booth. This book was released on 2022-03-16 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I always dreamed of being a part of my favorite show, Parking Lot Potluck, but I never expected them to ask me to help solve a murder. Someone poisoned a dish on the popular cooking competition show. The host is dead and my favorite judge is in critical condition. The only one who witnessed the crime was Great Dane, Chloe. Persephone and I are off to Seattle to solve the crime, but things are much different behind the scenes. Have the cast and crew been working on a recipe for deception, or was it a contestant with a case of sour grapes who’s brought production to a halt? And Chloe isn’t talking to my talking cat. Whatever I do, I have to keep my inner fangirl in check, or my favorite show could get eliminated for good.
Download or read book Kitty Cats and Kitsch written by Bailey Booth and published by Bailey Booth. This book was released on 2022-01-09 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Internet-famous cat Cupcake has been catnapped, and the only one who witnessed the crime is tabby Noodle. Cupcake’s the main attraction at his person Rosamund’s trinket shop, and she’s reluctant to let people know he’s gone. But Noodle’s interested in being an only cat, and not even the best treats can persuade her to work with Persephone. Which means I’ll have to rely on the humans to help us crack this case. Rosamund wants us to check out her ex and an old high school frenemy who’s become a witch. But Rosamund’s brother, who owns the themed motor inn we’re staying at, doesn’t like newcomers who ask too many questions. Neither does the police officer who’s looking to become famous himself. Ransom notes are coming in, and I think that’s our ticket to finding the catnapper. But when the notes start coming addressed to Persephone, I have a bad feeling we’ve been set up…
Download or read book Baseball and Bad Guys written by Bailey Booth and published by Bailey Booth. This book was released on 2022-01-09 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I thought having to throw out the first pitch of the minor league championship was my biggest worry, but sabotage may have cost the Tampa Tigers a victory. The only one who saw the crime take place? Their mascot, Timmy. A real tiger. When Persephone and I are called in to solve the case, things get complicated in a hurry. Timmy thinks Persephone is his long-lost kitten, and a team superfan is competing with me to find the culprit. I’m learning more about baseball than I ever bargained for, and Persephone and I will have to work fast to save the careers of the legendary players involved…as well as my own.
Download or read book The Bird Found the Body written by Bailey Booth and published by Kristen Strassel. This book was released on 2023-09-07 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starting over in paradise can be murder. When my fiancé leaves me high and dry, I jump at the chance to relocate to the tropical island of Half Moon Cross. I haven't talked to my Aunt Astrid in years and I've never run a bird-themed pirate tour company, but my cockatiel, Chicken, and I are desperate for a fresh start. We're ready for sun, surf, and parrots. What we get is murder. I might be in paradise, but I didn’t leave my problems in Boston. My Aunt is a virtual stranger and I'm scared she regrets giving me Parrots of The Caribbean. Her scarlet macaw Ruby, star of her tours, refuses to go out with me. But I didn't run escape rooms for years without learning how to solve a problem. I put Chicken in a pint-sized pirate costume and we're off. Our first voyage is almost smooth sailing—then my hawk-eyed cockatiel alerts us to a dead body on the beach! The victim is an ex-employee and my aunt’s been framed. If Astrid takes the blame, it will mean the end of Parrots of the Caribbean and the bird sanctuary that she cares for. And since the police aren't looking beyond her, it's up to me to find the real killer. Good thing I have some unexpected help from my new coworker and fast friend, Meg. She introduces me to Carlos, the handsome ex-detective who now makes the best fruity drinks on the island. We have too many suspects and not enough time. But when Chicken finds a key piece of evidence, my cockatiel might just crack the case. Feathers will fly and justice will be served in this tropical cozy caper!
Download or read book The Gardner Heist written by Ulrich Boser and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-02-24 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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, 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 a total of $500 million, the missing masterpieces have become the Holy Grail of the art world and one of the nation's most extraordinary unsolved mysteries. Art detective Harold Smith worked on the theft for years, and after his death, reporter Ulrich Boser inherited his case files. Traveling deep into the art underworld, Boser explores Smith's unfinished leads and comes across a remarkable cast of characters, including the brilliant rock 'n' roll art thief; the golden-boy gangster who professes his innocence in rhyming verse; the deadly mobster James "Whitey" Bulger; and the Boston heiress Isabella Stewart Gardner, who stipulated in her will that nothing should ever be changed in her museum, a provision followed so closely that the empty frames of the stolen works still hang on the walls. Boser eventually cracks one of the biggest mysteries of the case and uncovers the identities of the men who robbed the museum nearly two decades ago. A tale of art and greed, of obsession and loss, The Gardner Heist is as compelling as the stolen masterpieces themselves.
Download or read book The Art Thief written by Michael Finkel and published by Random House. This book was released on 2024-06-25 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • One of the most remarkable true-crime narratives of the twenty-first century: the story of the world’s most prolific art thief, Stéphane Breitwieser. • “The Art Thief, like its title character, has confidence, élan, and a great sense of timing."—The New Yorker A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, The New Yorker, Lit Hub "Enthralling." —The Wall Street Journal In this spellbinding portrait of obsession and flawed genius, the best-selling author of The Stranger in the Woods brings us into Breitwieser’s strange world—unlike most thieves, he never stole for money, keeping all his treasures in a single room where he could admire them. 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 eight 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, Michael Finkel brings us into Breitwieser’s strange and fascinating world. Unlike most thieves, Breitwieser never stole for money. Instead, he displayed all his treasures in a pair of secret rooms where he could admire them to his heart’s content. Possessed of a remarkable athleticism and an innate ability to circumvent practically any security system, Breitwieser managed to pull off a breathtaking number of audacious thefts. Yet these strange talents bred a growing disregard for risk and an addict’s need to score, leading Breitwieser to ignore his girlfriend’s pleas to stop—until one final act of hubris brought everything crashing down. This is a riveting story of art, crime, love, and an insatiable hunger to possess beauty at any cost.
Download or read book Great Art Thefts written by Charlotte Guillain and published by Capstone Classroom. This book was released on 2013 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines art crimes and the hunt to find the thieves, such as the "Mona Lisa," "The Scream," the Millennium theft from the Ashmolean Museum, and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist.
Download or read book Museum of the Missing written by Simon Houpt and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher description
Download or read book Chasing Picasso written by C. Joan Baker and published by Strange Books, LLC. This book was released on 2023-04-01 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No one remembers the daytime heist at the Saint Louis Art Museum. A rare Picasso arrived at the museum cloaked in mystery in 1934, then disappeared without a trace in 1973. Today, the painting could be worth millions, that is, if it could be recovered. Join the author as she shares the backstory of the stolen Picasso and how it became the least-told story of art theft from a highly regarded art museum. Someone might have it without knowing it was lifted from a big city collection fifty years ago. Recognizing the painting could be the first step in getting it home.
Download or read book Art Heists written by C.M. Johnson and published by Triangle Interactive, Inc. . This book was released on 2017-12-13 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read Along or Enhanced eBook: Each Origins: Whodunnit: Heists eShort is a single chapter from the full Origins: Whodunnit: Heists title, packaged as a mini eBook. Origins: Whodunnit: Heists eShorts include Bank Heists, Art Heists, Heists and Hostages, and Cash and Jewel Heists.
Download or read book The Gardner Heist written by Ulrich Boser and published by Harper Paperbacks. This book was released on 2010-03-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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—and a $5 million reward—none of the paintings have been recovered. Worth as much as $500 million, the missing masterpieces have become one of the nation's most extraordinary unsolved mysteries. After the death of famed art detective Harold Smith, reporter Ulrich Boser decided to take up the case. Exploring Smith's unfinished leads, Boser travels deep into the art underworld and comes across a remarkable cast of characters, including a brilliant rock 'n' roll thief, a gangster who professes his innocence in rhyming verse, and the enigmatic late Boston heiress Isabella Stewart Gardner herself. Boser becomes increasingly obsessed with the case and eventually uncovers startling new evidence about the identities of the thieves. A tale of art and greed, of obsession and loss, The Gardner Heist is as compelling as the stolen masterpieces themselves.
Download or read book Gallery of Fools written by Jerome Tuccille and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2011-02-14 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The events recounted in this book are essentially true. The theft of the paintings in question took place as told; they were hidden in my father's cellar in the Throgs Neck section of the Bronx for about two years until my wife and I removed them. My cousin and his partner were arrested for their roles in the crime. I have taken some minor fictional liberties in the reconstruction of dialogue that occurred more than thirty years ago and in the invention of a few details that most likely happened during breaks in the main action of the story, which is why this book can be read as either a memoir or a novel. In June 2007, one of the paintings, Monet's "Nympheas," sold at auction in London for $36 million.
Download or read book Gallery of Fools written by Jerome Tuccille and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
