Boston Globe, March 17, 2026
"Is it possible that Rembrandt’s only seascape, 'Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee,' stolen 36years ago from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, was delivered to mobsters inPhiladelphia in a chicken truck? That’s what an informant told the FBI..."
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New York Times, March 18, 2026
"Theories abound as to who pulled off the largest art heist in U.S. history. In a new book, the former F.B.I. agent who handled the case dismisses many of them..."
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ARTnews, March 10, 2026
"Next week, the world's greatest art heist turns 36. To mark the anniversary of the 1990 theft of 13 artworks from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston is a new book titled Thirteen Perfect Fugitives: The True Story of the Mob, Murder, and the World's Largest Art Heist, out March 10. The author of the book is Geoffrey Kelly, who was the lead investigator into the theft at the FBI for 22 years..."
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Town & Country Magazine, March 10, 2026
"It’s February 2010, and I’m westbound on the Mass Pike, accompanied by Anthony Amore [director of security at the Gardner] and Assistant United States Attorney Brian Kelly. We’re heading to Manchester, a small town in the suburbs of a small city. Apparently, it was once home to the world’s largest silk mill, although that’s not the reason for today’s visit. That would have to wait, because today we’re planning to interview Bobby Gentile. Brian has brought with him a signed immunity letter, and Anthony has a giant novelty check balanced on his lap, already made out in Gentile’s name. Okay, perhaps that last part is inaccurate, but Anthony does have the authority to offer the reward on behalf of the Gardner Museum, and that’s kind of like a metaphorical big check..."
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Forbes, March 11, 2026
"In the early morning hours of March 18, 1990, just as Boston was wrapping up St. Patrick’s Day celebrations, two men disguised as police officers showed up at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, claiming they were responding to a call about a disturbance. Even though this was a breach of protocol, one of the museum guards let them in. The fake officers quickly revealed the real reason behind the visit — they intended to rob the museum. Both guards were handcuffed and led to the basement. Then, the thieves took their time, and in just under an hour and a half, stole 13 works of art, including multiple Rembrandt paintings. Twelve years later, FBI agent Geoffrey Kelly was assigned the case. His 22-year investigation led him around the world and was sprinkled with informants, undercover agents and the mob. Kelly joins “Forbes True Crime” to discuss his new book, "Thirteen Perfect Fugitives: The True Story of the Mob, Murder, and the World's Largest Art Heist," which looks back at his multi-decade investigation into the mystifying robbery..."
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Radio New Zealand, March 18, 2026
"Thirty-six years on, mystery still lingers at Boston's Gardner Museum. In the early morning hours of 18 March 1990, two men dressed as police officers talked their way into the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Within minutes, they had overpowered the security guards, duct taping and handcuffing them, and set about stripping the walls of treasures that may never be seen again...Few know the case better than retired FBI agent Geoffrey Kelly, who spent 22 years interviewing hoaxers, chasing whispers and tracking rumours of Vermeer and Rembrandt masterpieces reportedly seen in darkened warehouses or in private vaults. His book, Thirteen Perfect Fugitives, is a true crime detective story..."
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Hartford Courant, March 22, 2026
"It was a spontaneous admission during an awkward conversation in the remote Maine woods that turned the investigation of the world's biggest art heist upside down and dropped it on an obscure Hartford gangster. What was said in Maine remains at the center of the decades-long and still unsolved investigation of the sensational 1990 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum robbery in Boston. The first, first-person account of the conversation is a climactic moment in 'Thirteen Perfect Fugitives,' a compelling new book about the robbery by Geoffrey Kelly, the recently retired FBI agent who directed the bureau's art theft investigation for 22 years..."
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