""One thing that I realized while writing is that heists are actually easier to execute than we see in movies and on TV shows," Piazza tells Bustle. "So I might have been the least surprised person on the planet about the Louvre heist. In fact, I felt so validated in how I executed it on the page. I also think my version is a little sexier.""
"The author adds that she's long wanted to write a female-led art heist. "Every time I think about them, I wonder if women would simply be better at heisting," she says. "We're master multitaskers and planners. We make less mistakes. We are generally less cocky and ego-driven and we often have more to lose if we fail.""
""I will die in this box. I can scream all I want. I can try to kick down the bolted door. I can claw at the thick stone walls and the bulletproof glass. None of it will be of any use. Until they threw me in here, no one had been in this climate-controlled chamber for at least a decade. It could be ten more years befo""
Heists can be easier to execute than cinematic portrayals suggest, and real-world museum thefts underline that vulnerability. A daylight Louvre robbery on Oct. 19, 2025 involved four thieves disguised as construction workers. Emma, an American artist in Paris, becomes drawn into the dark world of elite art dealers at the Musée d'Orsay and becomes entangled with Jo Van Gogh, Vincent van Gogh's sister-in-law and heir. The narrative foregrounds female-led planning, craft, and risk in sophisticated art crimes while probing motives, consequences, and the seductive dangers of the international art market. A prologue depicts a captive trapped in a climate-controlled chamber.
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