The Sword AND The Stone (Part One) Was there a credible attempt to negotiate a deal for a return of the paintings in the days following the Gardner Heist? “It remains the most tantalizing art heist mystery in the world , the Associated Press reported on the Gardner Robbery’s twentieth anniversary The leads too “have been tantalizing and plentiful , but have unswervingly led to a dead end,” according to The Boston Globe. Ulrich Boser authored a “ tantalizing whodunit: about the crime and if all that was not tantalizing enough, in 2013, the FBI’s Geoff Kelly acknowledged that it is  “kind of a little tantalizing” for the FBI to say they know who did it without sharing that information with the public.   The dictionary defines “tantalizing” as having or exhibiting something that provokes or arouses expectation, interest, or desire, especially that which remains unobtainable or beyond one's reach.  What makes the Gardner Heist mystery “tantalizing” is not just that t