The art forger : a novel / B.A. Shapiro.
Claire is lured into a Faustian bargain with Aiden Markel, a powerful gallery owner. She agrees to forge a painting, a Degas masterpiece stolen from the Gardner Museum, in exchange for a one-woman show in his renowned gallery. But when that very same long-missing Degas painting is delivered to Claire's studio, she begins to suspect that it may itself be a forgery.
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- ISBN: 9781611749274
- ISBN: 1611749271
- Physical Description: 8 audio discs (10 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: [Minneapolis, MN] : HighBridge Audio, [2012]
- Copyright: ℗2012
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General Note: | Subtitle from container. Originally issued as a book. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Xe Sands. |
System Details Note: | Compact disc. |
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Genre: | Audiobooks. Detective and mystery fiction. Thrillers (Fiction) |
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The Art Forger
On March 18, 1990, thirteen works of art today worth over $500 million were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. It remains the largest unsolved art heist in history, and Claire Roth, a struggling young artist, is about to discover that theres more to this crime than meets the eye. Making a living reproducing famous artworks for a popular online retailer and desperate to improve her situation, Claire is lured into a Faustian bargain with Aiden Markel, a powerful gallery owner. She agrees to forge a paintinga Degas masterpiece stolen from the Gardner Museumin exchange for a one-woman show in his renowned gallery. But when that very same long-missing Degas painting is delivered to Claires studio, she begins to suspect that it may itself be a forgery. Her desperate search for the truth leads Claire into a labyrinth of deceit where secrets hidden since the late nineteenth century may be the only evidence that can now save her life.