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Title: Double Eagle

Author: James Twining

Narrator: Trevor White

Format: Abridged

Length: 5 hrs and 21 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-09-07

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

In Paris a priest is murdered, the killers dumping his mutilated body into the Seine. 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 70¿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.

Critic Reviews:

"Moving fast from the US to Europe and beyond, through cross and double-cross...would make the perfect Tom Cruise movie." (Independent on Sunday)

Members Reviews:

Excellent Retelling of the Battle of Britain - Ending Fades Into the Sunset

M. Abnett is a very capable writer who has proven again and again that the Warhammer 40K universe and quality writing can coexist between the covers of a novel or - in his case - comic books as well.

Double Eagle covers a rarely visited aspect of the 40K genre, which is typically dominated by ground combat, aviators and war in the air. For "fluff" and background fanatics, this alone would be worth the price of admission, especially the central, very non-standard Imperial Guard squadron. Above and beyond this, M. Abnett does an excellent job bringing the reader into the story. Characters are surprisingly complex, yet very believable and "human."

The action scenes really stand out. M. Abnett clearly did his homework in talking to current-day Harrier pilots, as the trademark craft of the book - the Thunderbolt - has similar vector capability, and in consulting the historical record, integrating elements of classic true tales of air combat from WWII and other conflicts.

The central tale seems very loosely based upon British retreat in the very early years of WWII and the Battle of Britain, but M. Abnett has woven in enough other elements into the tale that history buffs might be the only ones who take notice.

There are two elements that might be considered weak points. The first is the enemy, whom aside from their ace of aces and his "flying circus," has very little character and acts surprisingly mundanely for a chaos force. Their bombing sorties come in organized waves; their aircraft are uncommonly uniform, except in color or decoration. The second is the ending, though this rather depends on one's point of view. To put it in terms that won't give anything away, it has a European art film ending rather that a US action film ending.

The short summation: another worthwhile offering from M. Abnett, well worth the read even though it isn't "perfect."

Lots of action

This story spans the world in action, boggles the mind in double, double crosses, and pits two âagentsâ against their own government âs agencies in an effort to survive. Of course, the good guys prevail, but everyone else is suspect. Enjoy!

A REAL IT TAKES A THIEF PAGE TURNER

This novel is very internationally staged.