/ Key title James Bond meets The Thomas Crown Affair in a spellbinding tale of international intrigue and suspense. / A pace ridden, edge-of-your-seat international thriller /Intrigue, suspense, murder, corruption -- all the ingredients of a blockbuster read / Perfect for the Robert Ludlum, Matt Reilly and Dan Brown market.
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.
Praise for the HB: `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
Praise for the HB:
`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
Making his thriller debut after a career as a London entrepreneur, Twining consciously deals in clich?s: 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-fenceAthe rest of the run had officially been listed as destroyedAJennifer discovers that five other "unofficial" specimens are missing from Fort Knox. Meanwhile, Kirk's final heist, of a priceless Faberg? 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. Agent, George Lucas at Inkwell Management. (Sept. 1) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
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