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Thirteen Perfect Fugitives
The True Story of the Mob, Murder, and the World's Largest Art Heist
Published by Post Hill Press
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About The Book
The true story of the world’s largest art heist, as told by the FBI agent who investigated the case.
On March 18, 1990, thirteen works of art were plucked from the walls of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston by two subjects posing as police officers. They rang the night bell, claiming they were responding to a call of a disturbance. After incapacitating the guard and his partner with handcuffs and duct tape, the subjects spent the next eighty-one minutes inside the museum, leisurely removing some of the world’s most valuable pieces of artwork from the walls, including a rare Vermeer and Rembrandt’s only known seascape. The total loss associated with this robbery has been estimated at over $1 billion.
Based on meticulous investigations conducted to the standards required of an FBI special agent, Thirteen Perfect Fugitives offers author Geoffrey Kelly’s insights and theories about the infamous heist.
On March 18, 1990, thirteen works of art were plucked from the walls of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston by two subjects posing as police officers. They rang the night bell, claiming they were responding to a call of a disturbance. After incapacitating the guard and his partner with handcuffs and duct tape, the subjects spent the next eighty-one minutes inside the museum, leisurely removing some of the world’s most valuable pieces of artwork from the walls, including a rare Vermeer and Rembrandt’s only known seascape. The total loss associated with this robbery has been estimated at over $1 billion.
Based on meticulous investigations conducted to the standards required of an FBI special agent, Thirteen Perfect Fugitives offers author Geoffrey Kelly’s insights and theories about the infamous heist.
Product Details
- Publisher: Post Hill Press (March 10, 2026)
- Length: 376 pages
- ISBN13: 9798895653173
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“A surprisingly fun book about cop life, FBI life, and crime life. Casual and deft at the same time, it's hard to put this one down except for meals.”
– Steve Martin
“Twists and turns galore…I could not put this book down. Inside the infamous Gardner Art Museum Heist in Boston with the FBI’s lead investigator, retired Special Agent Geoff Kelly. The true crime details you don’t know plus the suspects, the searches and the saga of the Thirteen Perfect Fugitives. This amazing story has it all.”
– Dave Schratwieser, retired investigative crime reporter, host of the MobTalk Sitdown/Philly Prime podcast, adviser on Netflix’s Mob War: Philadelphia vs The Mafia
“Geoff Kelly, the FBI’s lead investigator on the infamous Gardner Museum art heist, gives us not only the ultimate insider’s guide but a front row seat to a real-life thriller. Beautifully written and well-plotted by a smart, dedicated, and unusually sensitive lawman, this book should be required reading for any and all crime writers!”
– Jonathan Santlofer, bestselling author of The Last Mona Lisa and The Lost Van Gogh
“With the pacing of a thriller and the allure of true crime, Geoff Kelly has brought readers a tale of mob bosses, art theft, and a decades old mystery. Thirteen Perfect Fugitives will keep you turning pages, wondering how any of this could possibly have happened, and marveling at the fact that all of it is true.”
– Julie Clark, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Flight, The Lies I Tell, and The Ghostwriter
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