HOT ART - Joshua Knelman

~ Standard Hardcover

~ Winner of the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Nonfiction - 2012

Hot Art: Chasing Thieves and Detectives through the Secret World of Stolen Art

Tracing Canadian investigative journalist and author Joshua Knelman's five-year immersion in the shadowy world of art theft, Hot Art shows where he uncovered a devious game taking him from Egypt to Los Angeles, New York to London, and back again, through a web of deceit, violence, and corruption . . .  

Sweeping and fast-paced, Hot Art is a major work of investigative journalism and a thrilling joyride into a mysterious criminal world. 

"Stolen art is a hot topic...from the first chapter when we meet [Knelman] crouched in the back of a police car it's clear that he's hooked (just as we are) by the topic in all its complexity." --International Architecture & Design