The Double EagleThe Thomas Crown Affair meets National Treasure in this page-turning debut thriller. In Paris, a priest is murdered, his mutilated body dumped into the Seine. He has taken a secret with him to his death -- a secret that is revealed during the autopsy, reawakening memories of Depression-era politics and a seventy-year-old heist. Jennifer Browne, an ambitious FBI agent, is assigned to the case. For her, this is a final opportunity to kick-start a career that stalled three years ago, after a fatal error in judgment. She is determined that this time there will be no mistakes. Her investigation soon comes across a daring robbery at Fort Knox. The immediate suspect is Tom Kirk, a brilliant young art thief and a man whose very existence threatens to bring down the newly elected president. Caught between his desire to get out of the game and his partner's insistence that he complete one last job for the criminal mastermind Cassius, Tom faces a race against time to clear his name -- a race that takes him from London to Paris, and Amsterdam to Istanbul, in a search for the real thieves and the legendary Double Eagle. |
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... sure . He had to be certain that no one had seen him on the way down . So he waited , listening to the shallow breaths of the city slumbering fitfully below him , watching the Met's familiar bulk retreating into shadow as its ...
... then never noticed when they did. He kept track of his people and made sure they knew it. She liked that. It made her feel like she was part of something again , not just an embarrassment that had to be the double eagle 17.
... Sure. I remember. Hi.” He spoke in short, sharp bursts and there was something in the precise urgency of his machine- gunned words that suggested a military background. They shook hands again. Corbett often passed for a man much younger ...
... sure . I dealt with the pressure pads and the combination hadn't been reset , so it was all pretty simple . ” " Nice one . Usual place , then ? " " My stuff already there ? " " What do you think ? " Archie almost sounded THE DOUBLE EAGLE ...
... sure you under- stand.” He gestured toward the right-hand wall, which she could see was decorated like a small shrine with photos, carefully calligraphed certificates, and gilt-lettered diplomas. She nodded and hoped that he didn't ...