The Black Sun

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. In The Black Sun, James Twining delivers a top-of-the-line fiction novel that will keep readers on the edge of their seats. Follow Tom Kirk, the world's best art thief, as he is drawn back into a life of crime by a series of thefts and a haunting figure from his past. For fans of Andy Mcdermott (The Tomb of Hercules), Lex Faulkner (The Lucifer Codex), James Rollins (Arkangel), Peter James (The Secret of Cold Hill), and Michael Connelly (The Lincoln Lawyer).