The Double Eagle

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		The Double Eagle
		The Double Eagle

基本信息·出版社：HarperTorch
·页码：432 页
·出版日期：2006年06月
·ISBN：0060762209
·条形码：9780060762209
·装帧：简装
·正文语种：英语

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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.

作者简介

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.

编辑推荐 The Independent on Sunday - March 2005
"This would make the perfect Tom Cruise movie." --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Financial News, 2005
The book is an international thriller in the Robert Ludlum mode, with hints of The Da Vinci Code --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Publishers Weekly, 2005
An auspicious beginning for a fledgling series --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Plain dealer Sunday Magazine, 2005
Meet Tom Kirk, heir to the throne that has belonged to Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan for more than two decades --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Huddersfield Daily Examiner
"Tom Kirk is a terrific new hero - sharp, resourceful and edgy" --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.




专业书评 From Publishers Weekly
Making his thriller debut after a career as a London entrepreneur, Twining consciously deals in clichés: 007-ish bad guys, contrived plot mechanisms and Perils of Pauline–style hairsbreadth escapes. He has a nice feel for them. Tom Kirk is a rogue ex-CIA operative who, after a profitable career as an international jewel thief, is attempting to go legit; Jennifer Browne is a foxy FBI special agent trying to work her way back into the good graces of the service after accidentally killing a fellow agent. When a 1933 $20 Double Eagle gold coin turns up in the belly of a dead ex-priest–turned-fence—the rest of the run had officially been listed as destroyed—Jennifer discovers that five other "unofficial" specimens are missing from Fort Knox. Meanwhile, Kirk's final heist, of a priceless Fabergé egg, is catching up with him, and the FBI dispatches Jennifer to London with the gold coin to offer Kirk a deal of immunity if he will help recover the missing coins. The mismatched pair manage to have the remaining coin stolen from them; its trail then leads from London to Paris, Amsterdam and Istanbul. Despite a highly theatrical and overly protracted finale, this is an auspicious beginning for a fledgling series.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Booklist
Twining, a first-time novelist, lunges into the thriller genre with this globe-trotting adventure about five very small and very valuable objects. The Double Eagle is a gold coin recalled by the U.S. government during the Depression. All extant examples were melted down--all, that is, except five, which wound up in Fort Knox. Now the coins, with a value of $40 million, are missing. Jennifer Browne, a disgraced FBI agent looking to jump-start her career, teams up with Tim Kirk, a former CIA agent now making his living as an international jewel thief. Predictably, Jennifer discovers that the coins are at the heart of a nasty conspiracy. What the novel lacks in originality (readers familiar with the genre will not have much trouble anticipating the plot twists), it makes up for in gusto. Twining writes with enthusiasm, giving us meaty characters and a story that fairly stampedes along. Another Tim Kirk novel is in the works; let's hope the author comes up with a more original plot next time. David Pitt
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Christopher Reichs, bestselling author of The Patriot's Club, August 2005
Captivating engrossing debut written with style and panache. Twining is a worthy successor to Forsyth, Follett and Higgins. Highly recommended. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Publishers Weekly, August 2005
An auspicious beginning for a fledgling series --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Library Journal Review, September 2005
Compelling fusion of real historical events and modern thrills ... an action hero as adroit and charismatic as Cussler's Dirk Pitt --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Independent on Sunday, March 2005
Moving fast from the US to Europe and beyond, through cross and double-cross ... would make the perfect Tom Cruise movie --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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