Portrait of a thief : a novel / Grace D. Li.
By: Li, Grace D.
Publisher: London : Coronet, 2023Description: 375 pages ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9781529386417 (pbk.) :; 1529386411 (pbk.) :.Subject(s): Thriller | Thriller | History of art | Modern & contemporary fiction | Crime & mystery fiction | Thriller / suspense fiction | Society & culture: generalGenre/Form: Suspense fiction.Summary: Boston on the cusp of fall, the Sackler Museum robbed of 23 pieces of priceless Chinese art. Even in this back room, dust catching the slant of golden, late-afternoon light, Will could hear the sirens. Will Chen, a Chinese American art history student at Harvard, has spent most of his life learning about the West. He believes art belongs with its creators, so when a Chinese corporation offers him a (highly illegal) chance to reclaim five priceless sculptures, it's surprisingly easy to say yes. Will's crew aren't exactly experienced criminals. Irene is a public policy major at Duke who can talk her way out of anything; Daneil is pre-med with steady hands and dreams of being a surgeon. Lily is an engineering student who races cars in her spare time; and Will is relying on Alex, an MIT dropout turned software engineer, to hack her way in and out of each museum they must rob.| Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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| Adult book | Chester Lane Library Thriller | Available | 38055400022423 | ||||
| Adult book | Haydock Library Thriller | Available | 38055400022424 |
Originally published: 2022.
Boston on the cusp of fall, the Sackler Museum robbed of 23 pieces of priceless Chinese art. Even in this back room, dust catching the slant of golden, late-afternoon light, Will could hear the sirens. Will Chen, a Chinese American art history student at Harvard, has spent most of his life learning about the West. He believes art belongs with its creators, so when a Chinese corporation offers him a (highly illegal) chance to reclaim five priceless sculptures, it's surprisingly easy to say yes. Will's crew aren't exactly experienced criminals. Irene is a public policy major at Duke who can talk her way out of anything; Daneil is pre-med with steady hands and dreams of being a surgeon. Lily is an engineering student who races cars in her spare time; and Will is relying on Alex, an MIT dropout turned software engineer, to hack her way in and out of each museum they must rob.