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Authors: James Twining

The Double Eagle

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James Twining

A Novel

The Double Eagle

To Victoria, always

Là, tout nést quórdre et beauté,
Luxe, calme et volupté

C
HARLES
B
AUDELAIRE,
“L´Invitation au Voyage”

Contents

Prologue

They were late.

Chapter One

Gracefully he fell, his body arcing in one smooth movement…

Chapter Two

She knew what would happen as the door opened and…

Chapter Three

Outside, the afternoon rush-hour traffic rumbled past, a never-ending river…

Chapter Four

It was the sound of the engine that finally woke…

Chapter Five

“You still here?”

Chapter Six

The car was new and the smell of faux leather…

Chapter Seven

He’d had the shop’s frontage painted a treacly black, although…

Chapter Eight

“And unofficially?”

Chapter Nine

“So we still don’t know if it’s a fake or…

Chapter Ten

“Vous savez pourquoi on appelle ce quartier leMarais?” Do you…

Chapter Eleven

Tom made his way through the gravestones, the cracked and…

Chapter Twelve

A black Ford Explorer had picked Jennifer up from her…

Chapter Thirteen

As Sheppard had predicted, the officer in charge, Captain Rigby,…

Chapter Fourteen

Cindy and Pete Roscoe were enjoying themselves. London had been…

Chapter Fifteen

The desk fan was on its highest setting. The vibrations…

Chapter Sixteen

It had been a hat factory when it had first…

Chapter Seventeen

Jennifer had always believed that there were no such things…

Chapter Eighteen

“I have three hundred thirty thousand pounds to my right.

Chapter Nineteen

Finch’s eyes narrowed as he massaged the back of Short’s…

Chapter Twenty

Liberty Street in the optimistically named Louisville suburb of Prospect…

Chapter Twenty-One

The ground had already been beaten into a muddy pulp…

Chapter Twenty-Two

People walked past them, their footsteps echoing down the brightly…

Chapter Twenty-Three

It was not a large room, but at fifty feet…

Chapter Twenty-Four

Piper reached into the slim leather briefcase that was resting…

Chapter Twenty-Five

As the plane taxied out to the runway, Jennifer settled…

Chapter Twenty-Six

Normally Jermyn Street, perched between the hustle of Pall Mall…

Chapter Twenty-Seven

Tom and Jennifer walked down Piccadilly in silence, allowing themselves…

Chapter Twenty-Eight

Harry Renwick lived on a wide, tree-lined street. Broad brick…

Chapter Twenty-Nine

Several hours later, Jennifer’s cheeks glowing a little from the…

Chapter Thirty

“Did you find the port?”

Chapter Thirty-One

The sun had barely risen when the first van pulled…

Chapter Thirty-Two

Tom threw himself out of bed as the alarm went…

Chapter Thirty-Three

Tom had planned out this escape route when he had…

Chapter Thirty-Four

It took them two hours to drive down to the…

Chapter Thirty-Five

The small Cessna Skylane bounced its way across the English…

Chapter Thirty-Six

They drove on in silence, tower blocks and squat warehouses…

Chapter Thirty-Seven

As they hit central Paris, they were soon immersed in…

Chapter Thirty-Eight

Van Simson inserted a small key into the keyhole on…

Chapter Thirty-Nine

Rolfe’s achromatic stare vanished with a shudder as the heavy…

Chapter Forty

They stopped the car and looked around warily before getting…

Chapter Forty-One

They had stepped into the bedroom, and the contrast with…

Chapter Forty-Two

The bell rang again, more insistently this time. Tom crept…

Chapter Forty-Three

Tom threw his head back under the shower’s massaging pulse…

Chapter Forty-Four

Jennifer’s hair was wet and her shoulders still glistened with…

Chapter Forty-Five

The restaurant was old-fashioned and busy, smoke lazily rising from…

Chapter Forty-Six

Archie walked up the Rue Denain toward the station’s main…

Chapter Forty-Seven

Jennifer flopped onto the bed, her shoes slipping off her…

Chapter Forty-Eight

The hotel room was dingy and dirty. Stained green curtains…

Chapter Forty-Nine

The screen glowed into life, darkness fading to light, the…

Chapter Fifty

They walked past the buzzing open-air cafés and ten-dollar caricaturists…

Chapter Fifty-One

Kyle Foster could not remember a time when he had…

Chapter Fifty-Two

Jennifer gasped in surprise, her eyes wide open. Her arms,…

Chapter Fifty-Three

The phone, moist where the molded plastic had been pressed…

Chapter Fifty-Four

Bob Corbett leaned toward the speakerphone, his white shirt collar…

Chapter Fifty-Five

It was dark before Jennifer heard footsteps outside the room,…

Chapter Fifty-Six

As soon as the door had closed and the echo…

Chapter Fifty-Seven

Jennifer walked unsteadily back onto the street.

Chapter Fifty-Eight

Typically, he would have spent several months planning a job…

Chapter Fifty-Nine

The man was definitely following Tom.

Chapter Sixty

At their lowest part, where the gabled rooflines angled down…

Chapter Sixty-One

On the roof of the building opposite the one he’d…

Chapter Sixty-Two

Tom placed the sheet of glass down a few feet…

Chapter Sixty-Three

Suspended a few feet over the floor, Tom looked on…

Chapter Sixty-Four

The sight of the red dot on the opposite roof…

Chapter Sixty-Five

“Let me see it. Let me have a look.” Jennifer’s…

Chapter Sixty-Seven

The bodyguards, too busy ordering their own drinks, did not…

Chapter Sixty-Eight

An eerie quiet had descended around them as the game…

Chapter Sixty-Nine

Madhavy snarled out an order for another coffee and snapped…

Chapter Seventy

The dark waters of the Golden Horn, the wide harbor…

Chapter Seventy-One

Night had settled with a thick, dusty cloak. The air…

Chapter Seventy-Two

A man stepped up onto the small podium, his heavily…

Chapter Seventy-Three

The door at the top of the stairs exploded open,…

Chapter Seventy-Four

Indifferent to the execution that they had just witnessed, the…

Chapter Seventy-Five

The smell of chloroform hung about Tom’s clothes like cheap…

Chapter Seventy-Six

The banging from the cell resonated down the corridor. At…

Chapter Seventy-Seven

Tom snatched up the guard’s gun and swallowed hard at…

Chapter Seventy-Eight

The voice tore into Tom like a blunt blade. He…

Chapter Seventy-Nine

The bullet lifted Van Simson clean out of his chair…

Chapter Eighty

A new sound now.

Chapter Eighty-One

Armed French police swarmed into the room, the plastic visors…

Chapter Eighty-Two

The hotel windows were open and the same intoxicating blend…

Chapter Eighty-Three

A thick heat had settled on the city by lunchtime…

Chapter Eighty-Four

With a small cry, Jennifer sprang toward Corbett and turned…

Chapter Eighty-Five

Tom’s hand was on the door handle, poised to open…

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