The Double Eagle

Informationen zum Autor James Twining graduated from Oxford University with a degree in French literature. His first Tom Kirk adventure, The Double Eagle , was published with great success on both sides of the Atlantic. He lives in London with his wife and their two children. When a French priest is murdered, a rare 1933 $20 Double Eagle coin is found inside his body during the autopsy. FBI Agent Jennifer Brown discovers that five other "unofficial" Double Eagle coins are missing from Fort Knox and teams up with former CIA agent turned international jewel thief Tom Kirk to recover them. Zusammenfassung They are the most valuable coins on earth . . . Only a handful still exist, each one worth millions . . . Now they have vanished from an impenetrable fortress . . . and the killings have begun. Somehow, impossibly, someone has invaded Fort Knox and stolen five of the world's last remaining Double Eagles -- the $20 gold coin ordered destroyed by President Roosevelt during the Great Depression. Now, one has resurfaced during an autopsy in France -- in the stomach of a murdered priest. Disgraced FBI agent Jennifer Browne needs to recover the priceless coins to resuscitate her stalled career -- and her investigation is pointing her toward Tom Kirk, a brilliant international art thief who wants to get out of the game. But Kirk's only chance for freedom -- and survival -- is to find the missing coins, joining Browne, an unlikely ally, on a breakneck race across the globe and into the lethal heart of a shocking conspiracy of greed and power . . . and death.

Product details

• Authors: James Twining
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 27.06.2006
• EAN: 9780060762209
• ISBN: 978-0-06-076220-9
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 106 mm x 172 mm x 29 mm
• Series: Tom Kirk Series; Tom Kirk Series
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; FICTION: Thrillers / Historical, FICTION: Thrillers / Suspense, FICTION: Thrillers / Crime, FICTION: Thrillers / Legal, FICTION: Thrillers / General, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Historical, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Cozy / General, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Traditional, FICTION: Romance / Action & Adventure