Wow! This is a great book. And, for non-fiction, it's quite a page-turner, too! If all non-fiction books were this well written and about investigation, I wouldn't need to read mysteries.

However, the subtitle is a bit misleading. It makes it sound as though there was a time when no one knew there were looted artifacts in the museum. The subtitle should be more like "The Hunt for Honesty" or "The Hunt for Someone Willing to go Public" or "Scandals in the Art and in the Boardroom at the World's Richest Museum" or ...!

The photos and the extensive notes were excellent.

Perhaps I enjoyed it so much because the story had been covered regularly in the LATimes and, indeed, the authors were two of those journalists. I like art, archeology, museums, and scandals. Also, I was employed in the CSU system while Munitz was there. So, it was all like local gossip. It's interesting to see how most of the documented liars and less-than-moral people in this book have gone on seemingly untouched (ie, Munitz's current bio at Forbes.com has him on 2 boards with handsome 'compensation', not mentioning his pensions and CSU salary, and the glowing bio makes it sound as though there has never been any trouble in his history).

I was glad I was able to see the 'Aphrodite,' the Griffins and Apollo before they were returned to Europe. But I am also glad they were returned.

Great, great, great book!