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A New York Times Bestselling Author
A Spenser Novel

Iconic Boston PI Spenser delves into the black market art scene to investigate an unsolved crime of legendary proportions. The heist is still talked about twenty years after the priceless paintings disappeared from one of Boston's premier art museums. Most thought they were lost forever. But when paint chips from the most valuable piece stolen arrive at the desk of a Boston journalist, the museum finds hope and enlists Spenser's help.

About the Author

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Robert B. Parker was the author of seventy books, including the legendary Spenser detective series, the novels featuring police chief Jesse Stone, and the acclaimed Virgil Cole-Everett Hitch westerns, as well as the Sunny Randall novels. Winner of the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award and long considered the undisputed dean of American crime fiction, he died in January 2010. Ace Atkins is the New York Times bestselling author of the Quinn Colson novels, two of which were nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Novel. In addition, he is the author of several New York Times bestselling novels in the continuation of Robert B. Parker's Spenser series. Before turning to fiction, he was a correspondent for the St. Petersburg Times, a crime reporter for the Tampa Tribune, and, in college, played defensive end for the undefeated Auburn University football team (for which he was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated). He lives in Oxford, Mississippi.