Boston. A wintry night two hours past the end of the 1990 St. Patrick’s Day. Two simultaneous art thefts, two miles apart. One in a museum. One in a private residence. One nets $200 million in art collected by a turn of the 20th-century heiress. The other nets two stolen pieces bought by a wine merchant through his best friend, Harry Bartlett. Two low-level crooks carry out the first one. Uncle Louie, a stolen-art retrieval expert, performs the second. The duo leaves via Storrow Drive east. Uncle Louie goes west on the same road. Their paths will cross more than once before a ransom demand expires in seven days.
Read MoreRelease date May 2023. Fresh from the thrill of uncovering Yesac Trebor’s scams on Nantucket Island, Harry Bartlett had found it easy to leave his Chief Financial Officer job to start the Fraud Detective Group. Three months later, Harry is finding that making payroll and keeping the lights on is just as hard as tracking down fraudsters and con artists. To generate business, he’s hitting the runny-egg circuit of Rotary Clubs and Chambers of Commerce north of Boston when Megan Webster, the TV consumer reporter who’d helped him before throws Harry a lifeline. A local businessman needs his help to find his normally dependable but slightly squirely CFO. Not wanting to look a gift horse in the mouth, the FDG agrees to help. But the simple missing person’s case takes the FDG onto the trail of intricate financial crimes and murder while forcing Harry to confront his murky orphaned past.
Read MoreHarry's spur of the moment limerick while sitting with Ian Bradford at the Boston Orphanage Fundraiser
Read MoreHarry's limerick after being tossed overboard in Nantucket Bay
Read MoreYesac Trebor's limerick to Harry after escaping
Read MoreHarry's limerick after capturing Mike Hancock
Read MoreHarry's quick-thinking response to Megan Webster's challenge
Read MoreHarry's Estuary wrap-up
Read MoreHAROLD A. BARTLETT III
This Summer, Polpis Road, Nantucket Island, MA
PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVE
Meaningful use of financial skills and high intelligence in retirement
EXPERIENCE
Chief Financial Officer for Big Companies for Many Years
Staff Beancounter to Controller in Five Few Years
EDUCATION
PERSONAL
HOBBIES
OTHER
No one should be more trust-worthy than a person of the cloth, but it just isn't so.
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Read MoreRECORDING OF GARDNER HEIST PRESENTATION ON YOUTUBE
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UPTON CCTV INTERVIEW 3.11.24
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GARDNER THEFT POWERPOINT PRESENTATION PART 1
GARDNER THEFT PRESENTATION PART 2