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1.		Stealing the Scream: The Hunt for a Missing Masterpiece from Icon Books Ltd Price: £6.99 Customer Review: I seriously recommend that you buy this book. It is well written, and reads like a fictional crime caper that would be impossible to believe if we didn't know it was true. It is easy to get into, a fantastic page turner, full of all sorts of weird and wonderful characters. Although centered around... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

2.		I Was Vermeer: The Forger Who Swindled the Nazis from Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Price: £5.99 Customer Review: Utterly fascinating and beautifully-written. As compelling as the story itself are the details on the long, careful process involved in the forger's deception. And perhaps most interesting of all is the debate it forces on what constitutes a masterpiece: how our perception of a work of art... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

3.		Loot: Inside the World of Stolen Art from Maverick House Price: £6.99 Customer Review: The stories are fascinating, unfortunately not brilliantly written. I don't know which of the two authors was the man who never met a simile he didn't like enough to use twice, but as a professional writer, I hold Matera responsible. I had to really work to motivate myself to finish the book. My... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

4.		Cash in the Attic from BBC Books	Click here for more information

5.		The Forger from Granta Books Customer Review: I really can't speak highly enough of this little gem. It is the autobiographical tale of a Jew living in wartime Berlin, at first openly, then going underground whilst working to forge identity papers before finally fleeing for the border - on a bike! I consider myself at least typically well... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

6.		The Medici Conspiracy: The Illicit Journey of Looted Antiquities from Italy's Tomb Raiders to the World's Greatest Museums from PublicAffairs,U.S. Price: £9.49	Click here for more information

7.		Sothebys: The Inside Story from Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Customer Review: I originally bought this book as research material for a thriller I was writing that contained an auction room scene at Sothebys and became hooked in the narrative of the story itself. If you like minutely described and clever "sting" stories set in the high society world of art dealers and... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

8.		Fakers, Forgers and Phoneys: Famous Scams and Scamps from Mainstream Publishing Price: £9.99 Customer Review: This is a very enjoyable book that can be read at leisure chapter by chapter. Magnus Magnusson is an excellent writer and his relating of these, often quite amazing, stories is done with verve that keeps you wanting to read more. Recommended.	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

9.		Stealing History: Tomb Raiders, Smugglers, and the Looting of the Ancient World from Griffin,U.S. Price: £8.99	Click here for more information

10.		Men and Monuments (Da Capo Paperback) from Da Capo Press Inc	Click here for more information

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