Thirteen Perfect Fugitives, Geoffrey Kelly
Thirteen Perfect Fugitives, Geoffrey Kelly
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Thirteen Perfect Fugitives
The True Story of the Mob, Murder, and the World's Largest Art Heist

Author: Geoffrey Kelly

Narrator: Geoffrey Kelly

Unabridged: 10 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/17/2026


Synopsis

The true story of the world's largest art heist, as told by the FBI agent who investigated the case.

On March 18, 1990, thirteen works of art were plucked from the walls of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston by two subjects posing as police officers. They rang the night bell, claiming they were responding to a call of a disturbance. After incapacitating the guard and his partner with handcuffs and duct tape, the subjects spent the next eighty-one minutes inside the museum, leisurely removing some of the world's most valuable pieces of artwork from the walls, including a rare Vermeer and Rembrandt's only known seascape. The total loss associated with this robbery has been estimated at over $1 billion.

Based on meticulous investigations conducted to the standards required of an FBI special agent, Thirteen Perfect Fugitives offers author Geoffrey Kelly's insights and theories about the infamous heist.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sarah on March 16, 2026

Thirteen Perfect Fugitives tells the fascinating true crime story of the art heist of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston on March 18,1990. Written by the FBI agent who headed up the case for many years, this narrative nonfiction reads like a gripping true crime podcast in long form. I lis......more

Goodreads review by Bailey on April 17, 2026

Rounded up from 4.5 ⭐. This was such an interesting story about the Gardner Museum Heist and how the mob is possibly (probably) tied to it in some way. I cannot imagine what Geoffrey Kelly feels about the whole situation, (view spoiler)[but I would go insane working on a case for 22 years and it not coming to a con (hide spoiler)]......more

Goodreads review by Mindee on March 13, 2026

This true procedural crime novel written by the FBI agent that tackled this case was informative and interesting. The author walks you through the detailed account of the world’s largest art heist that happened in Boston at the Stewart Gardner Museum on March 18, 1990. Thirteen works of art were sto......more

Goodreads review by Chris on March 13, 2026

Where to Watch: available now, order your copy here: [URL not allowed] RAVING REVIEW: Few crimes have captured the imagination of investigators, historians, and true crime readers quite like the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist. In the early hours of March 18, 1990, two men disguised as po......more

Goodreads review by Janine on February 11, 2026

Wow! What a great true crime story. I could hardly put the book down. This book deals with the 1990 art heist at the Isabella Steward Gardner Museum in Boston in 1990. Spending eighty-one minutes inside the museum, the two thieves removed 13 of the world’s most valuable pieces of artwork, including......more