Stolen Masterpiece Tracker
The Dangerous Life of the FBI's #1 Art Sleuth Thomas McShane with Dary Matera Legendary undercover FBI agent Thomas McShane is one of the world's foremost authorities on the billion-dollar art theft business. Here, he presents a unique memoir that gives readers a thrilling ride through the underworld of stolen art and historical artifacts. For thirty-six years, Special Agent McShane masked his colorful alter egos in various disguises and chased down $300 million worth of purloined art pieces. Along the way, he matched wits with some of the most devious criminal masterminds if the 20 th and 21 st centuries. From Rembrants taken from the Leon Bonnat Museum in Bayonne, France, to Van Goghs snatched from the Armand Hammer Galleries across from Trump Plaza in Manhattan, McShane always brought these world treasures back to their rightful owners. His expertise and indefatigable determination prompted FBI Director William H. Webster to name McShane as the Senior Investigator of the FBI's expanding Art Squad. Written with veteran true crime author Dary Matera, this captivating account is as engaging as it is informative. Let this book be your inspiration in helping us recover stolen masterpieces of art  and give you the opportunity to be part of history and get rewarded for doing so.   Stolen Masterpiece Tracker  by Thomas McShane with Dary Matera journeys through the art underworld as the author, once the foremost FBI Art Undercover Agent recounts a number of his most spectacular Stolen Art Recoveries.	. Meet the Author FBI Special Agent Thomas McShane Appearances and Book Signing Tuesday April 8 7-9pm Oceanside Library 30 Davison Ave 766-2360 .