Robert K Wittman served as the FBI's top investigator in cases involving art theft for 20 years. He helped recover more than $300 million worth of stolen art, resulting in the prosecution and conviction of numerous individuals. Now an art security consultant for the private sector, Wittman published his memoir `Priceless' in 2010 which he recounts his career as an undercover agent.David Kinney is the author of `The Dylanologists' and `The Big One'. A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, his writing has appeared in newspapers around the world, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Boston Globe.
'This engaging book deftly combines the various strands of the story ... Lively and well written ... Part detective story, part history book it restores Rosenberg to his rightful place ... A fascinating read' The Times 'Cannot be recommended too highly' New York Journal of Books 'A fascinating scholarly detective story centring on the often overlooked ideological architect of the Third Reich ... The authors do an excellent job of teasing out the fine details and placing them in the larger context, in the bargain offering overdue acknowledgement of Kempner's many contributions to the short-lived effort to bring Nazis to judgement. A footnote to a much larger story but a welcome one' Kirkus Praise for Robert K Wittman: 'A rollicking memoir ... investigative details dazzle ... Priceless can read at times, not unpleasantly, as if an art history textbook got mixed up at the printer with a screenplay for 'The Wire New York Times 'Almost every case he recounts has enough intrigue and suspense for a Hollywood screenplay' Washington Post 'Genius ... riveting ... should be a TV series' Los Angeles Times