{"product_id":"2940170128686","title":"The Art Forger: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eRazor-sharp writing and rich plot twists make The Art Forger a rousing literary thriller spanning three centuries of forgers, art thieves, and obsessive collectors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn 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 there¿s more to this crime than meets the eye.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaking 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 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HighBridge Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47123155910896,"sku":"2940170128686","price":24.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170128686_p0.jpg?v=1763702935","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170128686","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}