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"It's the summer of 1922, and nineteen-year-old Paulien Mertens finds herself in Paris--broke, disowned, and completely alone. Everyone in Belgium, including her own family, believes she stole millions in a sophisticated con game perpetrated by her then-fiance, George Everard. To protect herself from the law and the wrath of those who lost everything, she creates a new identity, a Frenchwoman named Vivienne Gregsby, and sets out to recover her father's...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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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. The case becomes personal when Spenser fails to protect his client and the valuable painting remains stolen.
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Gabriel Allon novels volume 14
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English
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"Legendary spy and art restorer Gabriel Allon is in Venice repairing an altarpiece by Veronese when he receives an urgent summons from the Italian police. The eccentric London art dealer Julian Isherwood has stumbled upon a chilling murder scene in Lake Como, and is being held as a suspect. To save his friend, Gabriel must track down the real killers and then perform one simple task: find the most famous missing painting in the world. Sometimes the...
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Alix London mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
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Alix London, daughter of a convicted art forger, accompanies new collector Christine Lemay to New Mexico to authenticate a supposed Georgia O'Keeffe, which becomes complicated after a bungled theft of the painting reveals a murder.
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Gabriel Allon novels volume 23
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English
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Legendary art restorer and spy Gabriel Allon joins forces with a brilliant and beautiful master-thief to track down the world's most valuable missing painting but soon finds himself in a desperate race to prevent an unthinkable conflict between Russia and the West.
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English
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"One of the most viewed paintings in American history, Custer's Last Fight, copied and distributed by Anheuser-Busch at a rate of over two million copies a year, was destroyed in a fire at the 7th Cavalry Headquarters in Fort Bliss, Texas, in 1946. Or was it? When Charley Lee Stillwater dies of an apparent heart attack at the Wyoming Home for Soldiers & Sailors, Walt Longmire is called in to try and make sense of a piece of a painting and a Florsheim...
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English
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Joan Blakely had an unconventional childhood: the daughter of a globe-trotting supermodel and a world-famous artist. Her artist father died on 9/11, and Joan--an art historian by training--has spent more than a decade maintaining his legacy. Life in the art world is beginning to wear on her--and then one fateful afternoon her husband drops a bombshell: he's fathered twins with another woman. Furious but secretly pleased to have a reason to blow up...
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Berkley Books
Pub. Date
c2011
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English
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Lauren O'Farrell is an "art detective" who made it her mission to retrieve invaluable works stolen by the Nazis during the darkest days of World War II. Her quest leads her to the Manhattan apartment of elderly Isabella Fletcher, whose mother was rumored to have collaborated with the Nazis. But as Isabella reveals the events of her mother's life, Lauren finds herself immersed in an amazing story of courage and secrecy.
10) Losing ground
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Inspector C. D. Sloan mysteries volume 21
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
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The dramatic theft of an 18th century painting is discovered just moments before the old manor house from which it was stolen is set on fire. Making matters more grisly is the pile of bones sighted in the blazing inferno moments before the roof collapses. What started as simple, if surprising, theft has quickly escalated to arson and, possibly murder, and now Detective Inspector Sloan and Detective Constable Crosby have to piece together, a puzzle...
11) Heretics
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Mario Conde mysteries volume 8
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
Description
When his family{u2019}s treasure, a small Rembrandt portrait of Christ that disappeared 70 years earlier, reappears in an auction house in London, the son of Cuban refugees hires a down-on-his-luck private detective, Mario Conde, and together they navigate a web of deception and violence in the morally complex city of Havana to find the truth.
12) The Juliet code
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English
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"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 into a world of boat races, mysterious houses, and parties of the rich and unusual in Venice, Frederick and Grace learn of the...
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Suma de Letras
Pub. Date
noviembre de 2020
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Español
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Valladolid, 2019. Sara Robles es una inspectora singular. Encargada de resolver un macabro crimen, adem̀s tiene que lidiar con sus problemas cotidianos, estrechamente relacionados con la adicci̤n al sexo y con un pasado que no termina de curar. Mientras tanto, El Espantap̀jaros, una misteriosa cabeza pensante, ha orquestado el robo perfecto junto a un exminero, un pocero y un sicario, y est̀ a punto de llevarlo a cabo a trav̌s del alcantarillado...
14) The hungry blade
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Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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"Forty modern masterpieces are found concealed on a neutral ship in international waters sixteen months before the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Their provenance is sketchy and their final destination unknown. The Royal Navy suspects the works are 'degenerate art' seized by the Nazis and shipped across the Atlantic to create cash for their covert operations. But how to prove it? There's only one man for the job--Roy Hawkins. The British Secret Intelligence...
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Sharpe & Donovan novels volume 3
Thorndike Press large print basic
Sharpe and Donovan novel volume 4
Sharpe and Donovan novels volume 3
Thorndike Press large print basic
Sharpe and Donovan novel volume 4
Sharpe and Donovan novels volume 3
Publisher
Thorndike Press, A part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
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 Donovan is the reason for her broken heart. And the well-connected American diver who invited her to Ireland has disappeared. As a dark conspiracy unfolds, the race is on to stop a ruthless killer.
16) Rival's break
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Series
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MIRA
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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"A deadly poisoning, a stolen painting and a criminal mastermind challenge the skills of FBI agents Emma Sharpe and Colin Donovan as never before in their latest high-stakes case. New York Times bestselling author Carla Neggers has crafted a gripping novel of international intrigue and suspense not to be missed. Emma Sharpe is recovering from a shattering loss while her husband, Colin Donovan, is deep into his latest undercover mission. So they're...
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The heist was legendary, still talked about twenty years after the priceless paintings disappeared from one of Boston's premier art museums. Most thought the art was lost forever, buried deep, sold off overseas, or, worse, destroyed as incriminating evidence. But when paint chips from the most valuable piece, Gentlemen in Black by a Spanish master, arrives at the desk of a Boston journalist, the museum finds hope and enlists Spenser's help. Soon Spenser...
18) One wrong move
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Jeopardy falls volume 1
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"Christian O'Brady was pulled into a life of crime at a young age by his con artist parents. Now making amends for his corrupt past, he has become one of the country's foremost security experts. When a string of Southwestern art heists targets one of the galleries Christian secured, he is paired up with a gifted insurance investigator who has her own checkered past. Andi Forester was a brilliant FBI forensic analyst until one of her colleagues destroyed...
19) El atraco
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Publisher
Dreamscape
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Español
Description
"Legendary spy and art restorer Gabriel Allon is at work in Venice repairing an altarpiece when he receives an urgent summons from the Italian police. The art dealer Julian Isherwood has stumbled upon a murder scene in Lake Como, and is being held as a suspect. To save his friend, Gabriel must perform one simple task: Find the most famous missing painting in the world. Sometimes the best way to find a stolen masterpiece is to steal another one ......
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Detective Luc Moncrief story volume 1-3
Publisher
Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
French Twist: Gorgeous women are dropping dead at upscale department stores in New York City. Detective Luc Moncrief and Detective Katherine Burke are close to solving the mystery, but looks can be deceiving. French Kiss: Very handsome and charming French detective Luc Moncrief joined the NYPD for a fresh start, but someone wants to make his first big case his last. Welcome to New York. The Christmas Mystery: In the heart of the holiday season, priceless...
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