The Black Sun - Brossura

Twining, James

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0060762217 ISBN 13: 9780060762216

Casa editrice: HarperCollins, 2007

Riassunto

In the aftermath of several bizarre crimes, including three thefts and a grisly murder, Tom Kirk follows an elaborate trail of clues laid by SS secret agents throughout America and Europe in the final days of Nazi Germany that are believed to lead to a fabled treasure. By the author of The Double Eagle. Reprint.

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L'autore:

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.

Product Description:

It is a secret that has been hidden for more than a half-century. The clues have been scattered across the globe. Now someone has begun to piece them together. And the future of the world depends on their being stopped in time.In Maryland, a vicious gang breaks into the National Cryptologic Museum and steals a Nazi Enigma machine. In a London hospital, an Auschwitz survivor is murdered in his bed, his killers making off with a macabre trophy: the old man's severed left arm. In Prague, a seemingly worthless painting is stolen from a synagogue.Three cities. Three thefts.Could there possibly be a connection?Former art thief Tom Kirk certainly sees no reason to link the crimes when he is first asked to investigate. But when the stolen painting turns up alongside the amputated arm, he realizes that he has uncovered an elaborate trail of clues laid down in the dying days of the Third Reich by a secret order of SS knights. Clues leading to a fabled treasure lost in the ashes of war that is the key to a deadly game where the ultimate prize is life itself--Tom's included.

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• Editore: HarperCollins
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0060762217
• ISBN 13: 9780060762216
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 48