
The Gardner Heist
The True Story of the World's Largest Unsolved Art Theft
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Narrated by:
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Stephen Graybill
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By:
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Ulrich Boser
Shortly after midnight on March 18, 1990, two men broke into the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston and committed the largest art heist in history. They stole a dozen masterpieces, including one Vermeer, three Rembrandts, and five Degas. But after thousands of leads - and a $5 million reward - none of the paintings have been recovered. Worth as much as $500 million, the missing masterpieces have become one of the nation's most extraordinary unsolved mysteries.
After the death of famed art detective Harold Smith, reporter Ulrich Boser decided to take up the case. Exploring Smith's unfinished leads, Boser travels deep into the art underworld and comes across a remarkable cast of characters, including a brilliant rock 'n' roll thief, a gangster who professes his innocence in rhyming verse, and the enigmatic late Boston heiress Isabella Stewart Gardner herself. Boser becomes increasingly obsessed with the case and eventually uncovers startling new evidence about the identities of the thieves. A tale of art and greed, of obsession and loss, The Gardner Heist is as compelling as the stolen masterpieces themselves.
A Bustle Pick for Mystery Lovers Who Don't Want to Read about Murder.
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Kept losing track of the storyline
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Nonetheless, it's an interesting book, if somewhat alarming in letting the reader know how easy it is to steal art (not to mention profitable :/). PLEASE don't steal artwork!
For me, learning about Isabella Stewart Gardner was the most rewarding part of the book - not being local to Boston, I've been ignorant of both this interesting woman and her very special art museum.
DON'T STEAL THE ARTWORK!
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The unexpected twists and turns near the conclusion were fascinating- truth is most certainly stranger than fiction!
Loved it!
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Riveting an exciting story
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I can understand the writer’s obsession with the lost art
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Very interesting and informative
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The reader’s enunciation was good, but a handful of words were not in agreement with dictionary-guidance pronunciation. His tone was even and unvarying which wasn’t much better than droning. Not good for people with ADD.
Clearly not my preference in writing or narration, but your taste may vary. But here and there I did learn some interesting things about the heist. It made me want to revisit the museum.
Fascinating History
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Our club was so fortunate to zoom to England with the first detective on the scene of the heist. To this day, he still is following leads that come his way.
I you live near Boston, make a visit to the Gardener Museum. Not only is it quite astonishing but you can also see the empty frames still on the walls where the painting once were.
Still such a mystery...
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The reader did a nice job as well.
fascinating story
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The narration is a bit slow so I adjusted the speed to 1.2 to compensate.
The endless leads and endless dead ends in the search for the works of art stolen from the Isabella Stuart Gardener Museum
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