French Connections: Art Heist on the Riviera

by Simon Worrall

With a narrative that jumps from Marseilles to Florida and Barcelona, this thrilling true crime story takes the reader inside an art heist on the French Riviera and the sting operation mounted by Robert Wittman, head of the FBI's art crime team, master of deception, to recover the stolen paintings.

21 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

The author of two highly acclaimed books, THE POET AND THE MURDERER (Dutton & Plume/Penguin Putnam USA, 2002, which William Styron called, “A gripping tale, done with great style and elegance…” and the novelized true story of his mother in World War II, THE VERY WHITE OF LOVE (HarperCollins, 2018), referred to by The Sunday Mirror as “A powerful and tender tale of love and war,” Worrall is a natural storyteller.
Simon was born in Wellington, England in 1951 and spent his childhood in Eritrea, Paris and Singapore. He speaks four languages, including French. He is a regular contributor to National Geographic, and has written for publications all over the world, including the Smithsonian, The London Times and Sunday Times Magazine, The Guardian, Harper’s, The New Yorker, Conde Nast Traveler and the New Statesman.