Art Thief

Multiple-crossing (way more than double-crossing) art thieves pursued by art-specialist detectives Europe-trot between the galleries, museums, auction houses, and universities of Rome, Paris, and London, leaving in their wake a twisted path of mystery, intrigue, and betrayal that eventually leads to a [sort of] happy ending. The intricate and complex plot is overlaid with a web of carefully crafted confusion spun with forgeries and bizarre clues that keep the reader guessing about the who's and why's--and even the what's--until the very end.

Armchair travelers and linguaphiles will get a kick out of this idiom-sprinkled tale and its distinctly European flavor.

Noah Charney, twenty-seven years old, holds degrees in art history from the Courtauld Institute of Art and Cambridge University. He is the founding director of the Association for Research into Crimes against Art (ARCA), the first international think tank on art crime. He divides his time between New Haven, Connecticut; Cambridge, England; and Rome, Italy.

Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Distributor: Simon & Schuster
Publication Date: 09-18-2007
Pages: 304
Measurements: 9in X 6in X 16.345oz