{"product_id":"the-art-thief-9781416550310","title":"The Art Thief","description":"\u003cb\u003eRome: \u003c\/b\u003e In the small Baroque church of Santa Giuliana, a magnificent Caravaggio altarpiece disappears without a trace in the middle of the night. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eParis: \u003c\/b\u003e In the basement vault of the Malevich Society, curator Genevi?ve Delacloche is shocked to discover the disappearance of the Society's greatest treasure, White-on-White by Suprematist painter Kasimir Malevich. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eLondon: \u003c\/b\u003e At the National Gallery of Modern Art, the museum's latest acquisition is stolen just hours after it was purchased for more than six million pounds. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Art Thief\u003c\/i\u003e, three thefts are simultaneously investigated in three cities, but these apparently isolated crimes have much more in common than anyone imagines. In Rome, the police enlist the help of renowned art investigator Gabriel Coffin when tracking down the stolen masterpiece. In Paris, Genevi?ve Delacloche is aided by Police Inspector Jean-Jacques Bizot, who finds a trail of bizarre clues and puzzles that leads him ever deeper into a baffling conspiracy. In London, Inspector Harry Wickenden of Scotland Yard oversees the museum's attempts to ransom back its stolen painting, only to have the masterpiece's recovery deepen the mystery even further. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A dizzying array of forgeries, overpaintings, and double-crosses unfolds as the story races through auction houses, museums, and private galleries -- and the secret places where priceless works of art are made available to collectors who will stop at nothing to satisfy their hearts' desires. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Full of fascinating art-historical detail, crackling dialogue, and a brain-teasing plot, Noah Charney's debut novel is a sophisticated, stylish thriller, as irresistible and multifaceted as a great work of art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCharney, Noah:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - 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.","brand":"Atria Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50635177328914,"sku":"9781416550310","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8d2424d1-cd4f-4302-9273-6074ca176052.jpg?v=1732836710","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-art-thief-9781416550310","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}