I've been selling rare books for over twenty-five years.  Occasionally you run into someone who tries to sell you a stolen book--in this case, a first edition BOOK OF MORMON [1830].  This happened last year.  The local Dallas paper did an interesting write up on the events surrounding the disappearance of the book:

http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2012/06/dallas_book_dealer_cracks_case.php

This story has a happy ending.   Helen, the 89 year-old owner of the book, was eventually reunited with her book.  This story tells how the story ended up:

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865570908/Stolen-first-edition-Book-of-Mormon-returned-to-Arizona-woman.html?pg=all