| It started with a whisper; a barely voiced tremor of | | | | Meanwhile, his old lover, Jennifer Browne, FBI agent, |
| suppressed anticipation that rippled gently through the | | | | travels to Paris to investigate an art fraud. Their paths |
| expectant crowd. | | | | cross early, adding another layer of complexity to both |
| 'Pronto. Pronto estara aqui.' Soon. She'll be here soon. | | | | their lives. Soon, they are drawn into a labyrinth of |
| But the whisper evaporated almost as quickly as it had | | | | thieves and kidnappers, and a host of cruel murders. |
| appeared. Snatched from their lips by a capricious | | | | Someone is torturing and killing Tom's friends. He must |
| wind, it was carried far above their heads into the | | | | race against time to save the life of the kidnapped |
| warm night ... | | | | daughter of one of them. |
| James Twining's 'The Gilded Seal' is a maze of twists | | | | Then, Jennifer discovers Tom is plotting to steal the |
| and turns screaming from Europe to the Americas to | | | | 'Mona Lisa' from the Louvre. And who is the Japanese |
| Japan to New York and to the catacombs under Paris | | | | man? |
| at breakneck speed. In this latest episode in the | | | | Once again, James Twining leads his readers on a |
| complex life of reformed art thief, Tom Kirk, we see | | | | heart-stopping, page turning, eye-popping adventure. |
| him clashing wits against his arch-enemy, Milo. Called in | | | | Twining is one of those writers who never lets the |
| to investigate the theft of Da Vinci's 'Madonna of the | | | | writing get in the way of the characters and their |
| Yarnwinder', Tom is chilled by the macabre sign nailed | | | | stories. His ability has the reader feeling like a |
| to the wall; a message just for him, Felix, announcing | | | | consummate voyeur. |
| Milo is back. | | | | |