The Rockwell Heist: The extraordinary theft of seven Norman Rockwell paintings and a phony Renoir-and the 20-year chase for their recovery from the Midwest through Europe and South America

In 1978 seven Norman Rockwell paintings and a supposed Renoir, later discovered to be a forgery, were stolen from Elayne Galleries in St. Louis Park. It is still the biggest theft in Minnesota history, and no one was ever convicted for the crime. This is the story of the theft, the investigation, and the twenty-year quest to return the art to its rightful owners.The FBI suspected an inside job. Was it the scrappy working mother who owned the gallery? The owner of one of the paintings, who h...