Book description
James Bond meets The Thomas Crown Affair in a spellbinding tale of
international intrigue and suspense. Now available in e-book format for
the first time.
James Twining's first Tom Kirk adventure - available in e-book format
for the first time.
Tom Kirk. The world's greatest art thief.
Jennifer Browne. An FBI agent desperate for a second chance.
Cassius. The criminal mastermind controlling the art underworld.
In Paris a priest is murdered, the killers dumping his mutilated body
into the Seine. Only he has taken a secret with him to his death. A
secret that reveals itself during his autopsy and reawakens memories of
Depression-era politics and a seventy-year-old heist.
Jennifer Browne, a young and ambitious FBI agent is assigned to the
case. This is her last chance to kick start a career that has stalled
after one fatal error of judgement three years before.
Her investigation uncovers a daring robbery from Fort Knox and Tom
Kirk, the world's greatest art thief is the prime suspect.
Tom, caught between his desire to finally get out of the game and his
partner's insistence that he complete one last job for the criminal
mastermind Cassius, faces a thrilling race against time to clear his
name. A race that takes him from London to Paris, Amsterdam to Istanbul
in a search for the real thieves and the legendary Double Eagle.
'We're into Dan Brown territory…in fact, Twining's writing is
considerably more impressive.' Crime Time
'A carefully constructed tale straight out of the Dan Brown mould of
thriller writing'
Sunday Sun
'A captivating, engrossing debut,…a fast-paced tale of international
crime and skullduggery written with style and panache. Twining is a
worthy successor to Forsyth, Follett, and Higgins. Highly recommended.'
Christopher Reich
'The Double Eagle will leave you breathless, but never dizzy. Solid
debut work'
Ladsmag
'This would make the perfect Tom Cruise movie'
The Independent on Sunday James Twining was born in London but spent
much of his childhood in Paris. After graduating from Oxford University
with a first class degree in French Literature, he worked in Investment
Banking for four years before leaving to set up his own company which he
then sold three years later, having been named as one of the eight
"Best of Young British" Entrepreneurs in The New Statesman
magazine. Married and living in London, James is currently completing
the second Tom Kirk adventure.
