The Picasso Heist: A Thriller

A $100 million painting.
A previously unknown Picasso is discovered in the attic of a French villa.

Everyone wants to possess it.
Filthy-rich Manhattan art people. Organized crime bosses. Power-hungry government officials. A notorious forger. A glamorous twenty-two-year-old art thief.

Only one person knows how to take it.
She's the rival none of the power players see coming.

Author: James Patterson, Howard Roughan
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Published: 10/13/2025
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Hardcover
Size: 9.50h x 6.25w x 1.31d
ISBN: 9781538758434


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 06/01/2025 pg. 4

About the Author
James Patterson is the most popular storyteller of our time and the creator of such unforgettable characters and series as Alex Cross, the Women's Murder Club, Jane Smith, and Maximum Ride. He has coauthored #1 bestselling novels with Bill Clinton, Dolly Parton, and Michael Crichton, as well as collaborated on #1 bestselling nonfiction, including The Idaho Four, Walk in My Combat Boots, and Filthy Rich. Patterson has told the story of his own life in the #1 bestselling autobiography James Patterson by James Patterson. He is the recipient of an Edgar Award, ten Emmy Awards, the Literarian Award from the National Book Foundation, and the National Humanities Medal.
Howard Roughan has cowritten several books with James Patterson and is the author of The Promise of a Lie and The Up and Comer. He lives in Florida with his wife and son.