HIGH ADVENTURE, MIND--BLOWING SUSPENSE. TOM KIRK, THE WORLD'S GREATEST ART THIEF, IS BACK ON ANOTHER LIFE--THREATENING MISSION. IN LONDON, AN AUSCHWITZ SURVIVOR IS MURDERED IN HIS HOSPITAL BED, HIS KILLERS MAKING OFF WITH A MACABRE TROPHY -- HIS SEVERED LEFT ARM. IN FORT MEAD, MARYLAND, A VICIOUS GANG BREAKS INTO THE NSA MUSEUM AND STEALS A WORLD WAR II ENIGMA MACHINE, LYNCHING THE GUARD WHO HAPPENS TO CROSS THEIR PATH. MEANWHILE, IN PRAGUE, A FRENZIED AND MINDLESS ANTI-SEMITIC ATTACK ON A SYNAGOGUE CULMINATES IN THE THEFT OF A SEEMINGLY WORTHLESS PAINTING BY A LITTLE KNOWN CZECH ARTIST CALLED KAREL BELLAK. A YEAR HAS PASSED SINCE TOM KIRK, THE WORLD'S GREATEST ART THIEF, DECIDED TO PUT HIS CRIMINAL PAST BEHIND HIM AND EMBARK ON A NEW CAREER, ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE LAW . THEN THREE MAJOR THEFTS OCCUR, AND SUDDENLY TOM IS CONFRONTED WITH A DEADLY MYSTERY AND A SINISTER FACE FROM THE PAST.
ISBN Number | 9780007190171 |
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Author/s | TWINING J |
Format | Book |
Edition | 1ST - 2006 |
Publisher | HARPER COLLINS |
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