Press

"Boser has produced a captivating portrait of the world's biggest unsolved art theft."
— WALL STREET JOURNAL

"Boser has done a public service in exposing the real world of art theft: It isn't about glamour and culture — it's about greed, violence and irreparable, maddening loss.
— USA TODAY

"Boser cracks the cold case of the art world’s greatest unsolved mystery."
— VANITY FAIR

"Boser’s book... has the feel of a speedy ride down a mountain road spiked with hairpin turns. Boser deftly steers readers through a cast of characters ranging from the highest of brow (museum curators and art experts) to the lowest imaginable (thuggish, bottom-feeding gangsters) as he labors hard to drive toward some sort of resolution.?
— CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR

"In The Gardner Heist, author Ulrich Boser offers a tantalizing whodunit as he embarks on an exhaustive search for the stolen masterpieces."
— BOSTON GLOBE

"Ulrich Boser presents his solution to the [Gardner] mystery."
— WASHINGTON POST

"The theft has roiled many imaginations, including that of Ulrich Boser."
— NEW YORK TIMES

"The book is a thrill... the mystery remains unsolved, but the case is reinvigorated in its retelling by a man who fully appreciates the value of the masterpieces and the magnitude of the criminal conspiracy that carried them away in the night."
— THE GUARDIAN

"Boser provides a lively account of both the robbery and the ensuing investigation. A vivid portrait of the high-stakes world of art crime."
— ASSOCIATED PRESS

"Boser poetically contrasts the burning, almost unnatural desire art lovers feel for paintings with the cold reality that art theft is one of the easiest and most lucrative types of crime."
— KIRKUS REVIEW

"Boser’s rousing account of his years spent collecting clues large and small is entertaining enough to make readers almost forget that, after 18 years, the paintings have still not been found."
— PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY

"The empty frames serve as testimony of the museum’s loss; Boser’s book, meanwhile, serves as tribute and as oddly satisfying thriller."
— THE ONION’S A.V. CLUB

"A fascinating book that reads like a flash-flood thriller with the smooth reporting of the finest magazine journalism."
— THE DAY

"Artfully done... Grade: A Minus."
— BOSTON HERALD

"Now we read this. It looks like the largest theft since the Devil Rays took what should have been the Red Sox's 2008 American League championship. I don't know if those paintings ended up on eBay, but I do know they're not on my walls."
— SENATOR JOHN KERRY

"Boser’s carefully researched and brilliantly written of the 20th century’s greatest art heist is too stunningly fascinating to miss."
— PHYLLIS KARAS, AUTHOR OF BRUTAL: THE UNTOLD STORY OF MY LIFE INSIDE WHITEY BULGER'S IRISH MOB

"This riveting, wonderfully vivid account takes you into the underworld of obsessed art detectives, con men, and thieves, tantalizing leads and dead ends."
— JONATHAN HARR, AUTHOR OF THE LOST PAINTING

"A fascinating, well-researched investigation…[a] police-eye-view of an unsolved crime-the solution for which may be just around the corner."
— NOAH CHARNEY, DIRECTOR OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR RESEARCH INTO CRIMES AGAINST ART, AND AUTHOR OF THE ART THIEF