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The hunt for the secret papyrus / by Stilton, Geronimo.; Brambilla, Valeria.; Babboni, Mirko.; Dami, Elisabetta.; Tramontozzi, Lidia Morson.; Schaffer, Andrea(Translator);
The hunt for the secret papyrus -- Mini mystery: the cat gang -- Geronimo's jokes.LSC
Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Adventure fiction.; Humorous fiction.; Stilton, Geronimo; Mice; Antiquities; Art thefts;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Picasso heist / by Patterson, James,1947-author.; Roughan, Howard,author.;
"There are millions of reasons why Halston Graham became an undercover art thief. The art world ignites with the discovery of a previously unknown Picasso painting. After being hidden away for fifty years in the attic of a French villa, it's valued at $100 million and put up for auction. Echelon, the Upper East Side auction house brokering the sale, is flooded with interest. Wealthy collectors and museum directors circle publicly while organized-crime operatives-and a surveillance team from the Criminal Division of the US Attorney's Office-keep a lower profile. None of the interested parties has a chance at winning the Picasso without the help of Halston Graham. The young auction-house employee graduated second in her class at Columbia, but she's a first-rate art thief-and an expert gambler who knows how to calculate the odds and play her considerable leverage against all sides. To complete the Picasso Heist, she must stay one step ahead of the truth before the gavel falls"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Art auctions; Art thefts; Art thieves; Auction houses; Thieves; Young women;
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The Picasso heist [text (large print)] / by Patterson, James,1947-author.; Roughan, Howard,author.;
"There are millions of reasons why Halston Graham became an undercover art thief. The art world ignites with the discovery of a previously unknown Picasso painting. After being hidden away for fifty years in the attic of a French villa, it's valued at $100 million and put up for auction. Echelon, the Upper East Side auction house brokering the sale, is flooded with interest. Wealthy collectors and museum directors circle publicly while organized-crime operatives-and a surveillance team from the Criminal Division of the US Attorney's Office-keep a lower profile. None of the interested parties has a chance at winning the Picasso without the help of Halston Graham. The young auction-house employee graduated second in her class at Columbia, but she's a first-rate art thief-and an expert gambler who knows how to calculate the odds and play her considerable leverage against all sides. To complete the Picasso Heist, she must stay one step ahead of the truth before the gavel falls"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Large print books.; Novels.; Art auctions; Art thefts; Art thieves; Auction houses; Thieves; Young women;
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Next to last stand / by Johnson, Craig,1961-author.;
"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 shoebox containing a million dollars, sending the good sheriff on the trail of a dangerous art heist"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Longmire, Walt (Fictitious character); Art thefts; Sheriffs;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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The lost Van Gogh : a novel / by Santlofer, Jonathan,1946-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Alternating between his perilous hunt for the Lost Van Gogh, and the glamorous life John Decker remade for himself after serving time for forgery, this intricately woven historical thriller follows Luke Perrone as he unearths several mysteries best left untouched as he gets closer to the truth"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Historical fiction.; Novels.; Gogh, Vincent van, 1853-1890; Art thefts; Art; Lost works of art; Portrait painting;
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Confess, Fletch [videorecording] / by Hamm, Jon,1971-actor.; Harden, Marcia Gay,actor.; Izzo, Lorenza,1989-actor.; MacLachlan, Kyle,1959-actor.; Mayeri, Ayden,actor.; Mottola, Greg,film director,screenwriter.; Mumolo, Annie,actor.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Mcdonald, Gregory,1937-2008.Confess, Fletch.; Paramount Pictures Corporation,film distributor.;
Jon Hamm, Roy Wood Jr., Marcia Gay Harden, Lorenza Izzo, Kyle Maclachlan, Ayden Mayeri, Annie Mumolo.In this delightful comedy romp, the roguishly charming and endlessly troublesome Fletch becomes the prime suspect in a murder case while searching for a stolen art collection. The only way to prove his innocence? Find out which of the long list of suspects is the culprit from the eccentric art dealer and a missing playboy to a crazy neighbor and Fletch's Italian girlfriend. Crime has never been this disorganized.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Art thefts; Fletch (Fictitious character); Man-woman relationships; Murder;
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The Paris detective : three Detective Luc Moncrieff thrillers / by Patterson, James,1947-author.; DiLallo, Richard,author.; Patterson, James,1947-Novellas.Selections.; Patterson, James,1947-Christmas mystery.; Patterson, James,1947-French kiss.; Patterson, James,1947-French twist.;
Joining the NYPD for a fresh start, French detective Luc Moncrief must become a quick study in the art of the steal, as gorgeous women drop dead at upscale department stores and priceless paintings vanish from a Park Avenue murder scene before a coldblooded killer strikes again.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novellas.; Art thefts; French; Murder; Police; Theft;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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The Paris detective [text (large print)] : three Detective Luc Moncrieff thrillers / by Patterson, James,1947-author.; DiLallo, Richard,author.; Patterson, James,1947-Novellas.Selections.; Patterson, James,1947-Christmas mystery.; Patterson, James,1947-French kiss.; Patterson, James,1947-French twist.;
Joining the NYPD for a fresh start, French detective Luc Moncrief must become a quick study in the art of the steal, as gorgeous women drop dead at upscale department stores and priceless paintings vanish from a Park Avenue murder scene before a coldblooded killer strikes again.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Large type books.; Novellas.; Art thefts; French; Murder; Police; Theft;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Paris detective [sound recording] : three Detective Luc Moncrieff thrillers / by Patterson, James,1947-author.; Brassard, Jean,narrator.; DiLallo, Richard,author.; Patterson, James,1947-Novellas.Selections[sound recording].; Patterson, James,1947-Christmas mystery.; Patterson, James,1947-French kiss.; Patterson, James,1947-French twist.; Hachette Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Jean Brassard.Joining the NYPD for a fresh start, French detective Luc Moncrief must become a quick study in the art of the steal, as gorgeous women drop dead at upscale department stores and priceless paintings vanish from a Park Avenue murder scene before a coldblooded killer strikes again.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Novellas.; Thrillers (Fiction); Art thefts; French; Murder; Police; Theft;
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Lila Greer and the shrieking shadow / by Beaty, Andrea.; Roberts, David,1970-; Naalchigar, Jennifer.;
Lila Greer has always loved mysteries, even when they scare her. When a spooky storm blows into Blue River Creek and Lila is startled awake by a strange shrieking shadow, she knows something is afoot. Stranger still, Lila and the Questioneers discover that on the night of the storm, someone broke into Iggy's parents' art gallery and stole all the paintings for the new exhibit. Could the mysterious shrieking shadow have something to do with the missing artwork? Ms. Greer and her Questioneers will have to use their detective skills to solve the mystery of the missing paintings before the exhibit's grand opening, or the gallery might have to close forever!
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Teachers; Schools; Anxiety; Art museums; Art thefts;
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