Join us for a special presentation where award winning local author Anthony Amore discusses his latest book, The Rembrandt Heist: The Story of a Criminal Genius, a Stolen Masterpiece, and an Enigmatic Friendship about the 1975 art theft at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. 

Most thieves are in it for the money, but Myles Connors's motive was freedom. In 1974, he was arrested by the FBI when he attempted to sell three highly valuable paintings by Andrew and N.C. Wyeth to an undercover agent. Incredibly, Myles did this while out on bail for possession of yet more stolen art. When he was arrested and placed in the back seat of a state police vehicle, an FBI agent said to him, “We’ve got you now. Let’s see you get out of this one.” Without batting an eye, Connor calmly replied, “Just you watch me.” This is the story of what he did next.

A limited number of books, in partnership with The Next Chapter, will be available to purchase after the event. Book signing to follow.

About the Author

Anthony M. Amore's first book, Stealing Rembrandts, was a Wall Street Journal True Crime Best Seller and his follow-up, The Art of the Con, was a New York Times Crime Best Seller and was also selected as one of 2015's top 20 non-fiction books by the editors at Amazon.com. His latest book, The Rembrandt Heist, was recently named one of the Top Ten History Books of 2025 by Smithsonian Magazine. Amore is the director of security and chief investigator at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. Visit bigsecurity.live to learn more.

This program is made possible by the generous sponsorship of the Friends of the Thomas Crane Public Library. To find out more about their work and how you can get involved, visit the Friends of the Library webpage.