The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession by Michael Finkel

The glamorous swirl around world-class thievery is exquisitely conjured by Grace Kelly and her impeccable wardrobe, Cary Grant and his irresistible charm, and the sumptuous French Riviera setting of Alfred Hitchcock’s classic film To Catch a Thief.

Instead, the backdrop of Michael Finkel’s chronicle of the greatest art-stealing spree of all time is Mulhouse, a drab industrial city in eastern France thick with suburban sprawl.