Artful Deception
James McGovern is a New England native, a Suffolk University Law School graduate, an active member of Boston’s legal community and a committed Red Sox fan. While serving with the United States Attorney’s Office in Boston in 2006, McGovern was given the extraordinary opportunity to take a second look at the FBI's cold case of the Gardner Museum heist, the largest art theft in US history. Artful Deception, a work of historical fiction, was written with the specific intent to turn what has been largely a local story into a worldwide, electronic appeal for assistance in recovering the stolen art. McGovern introduces FBI agent Ted McGrath to help solve the incredible story of this real-life who-dun- it in the City of Boston.   Born and raised in Providence, Rhode Island. He is a member of the Sons of Irish Kings has three grown children and lives with his wife, Lynn and a persnickety calico named Frankie. McGovern is currently working on his second novel, a medical mystery.