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The Double Eagle

 

The Double Eagle is a $20 gold piece that was minted until 1933, when President Franklin Roosevelt recalled all U.S. gold and bullion, including gold coins. All were melted down, except for one that fell into private hands and five that were preserved at Fort Knox. Some 70 years later, however, a defrocked priest is murdered in Paris. When his mutilated body is found, one of the Double Eagle coins is lodged in his throat. Worse, it is discovered that the coins supposedly held safely and securely in Fort Knox are missing.

Suspicion is immediately cast upon Tom Kirk, a disgraced CIA agent who has been keeping himself in Rolexes by doing work-for-hire as an international jewel thief. Jennifer Browne, an FBI agent trying to rehabilitate her career, is dispatched to retrieve the missing coins from Kirk in exchange for a de facto pardon. The problem, however, is that Kirk has absolutely no idea what she's talking about. Worse, Browne and Kirk are both being double-crossed. They become uneasy and somewhat untrusting allies as they begin an international chase for the coins --- even as they themselves are pursued.



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