The Art of the Heist

“One of the most beguiling criminal memoirs ever written. . . . A rare gem of a book.” — T. J. English New York Times bestselling author of Havana NocturneHow did the son of a decorated policeman grow up to be one of Boston’s most notorious criminals? How did he survive a decades-long feud with the FBI? How did he escape one jail sentence with a fake gun carved out of soap? How did he trade the return of a famous Rembrandt for early release from another sentence? The Art of the Heist is a roller-coaster ride of a life the memoir of America’s most infamous art thief Myles Connor.Once a promising young rock musician the son of a respected policeman Myles Connor became one of Boston’s most well-known criminals—a legendary art thief with irresistible charm and a genius IQ whose approach to his chosen profession mixed brilliant tactical planning with stunning bravado brazen disguises audaciously elaborate con jobs and even the broad-daylight grab-and-dash. New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art the Smithsonian Institution Boston’s Museum of Fine Art . . . no museum was off-limits. The fact that he was in jail at the time of the largest art theft in American history—the still-unsolved robbery of the Isabella Stewart Gardener Museum—has not stopped the FBI from considering him a prime suspect. The Art of the Heist is Connor’s story—part confession part thrill ride and impossible to put down.