Book- The Art of the Heist: Confessions of a Master Thief

“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 Nocturne

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?

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.

304 pages.