Art of the Heist

<p><strong>One of the most beguiling criminal memoirs ever written. . . . A rare gem of a book. </strong><em>-- </em><strong>T. J. English <em>New York Times </em>bestselling author of <em>Havana Nocturne</em></strong></p><p><strong>How 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? <em>The Art of the Heist</em> is a roller-coaster ride of a life the memoir of America's most infamous art thief Myles Connor.</strong></p><p>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. <em>The Art of the Heist</em> is Connor's story--part confession part thrill ride and impossible to put down.</p>