Renowned screenwriter and television director Raymond Austin
introduces Beauford Sloan to the world of crime fiction in the authors exciting debut.
An ex-cop turned P.I., Sloan investigates the mysterious theft of an armored truck full
of diamonds and the death of an Eagle Security guard. Set in Washington, D.C., the
case takes the cunning Beauford to Morocco and finally to Spain where he makes
the shocking discovery of the mastermind behind the Eagle heist.

An Eagle Security armored truck carrying sixteen million dollars worth of diamonds and
three million in cash disappears in Washington, D.C. The only clue the police and FBI
have is the distress call from the crew of Eagle Eleven as it was under attack.

Days later, the harpoon-impaled body of one of the guards floats to the banks of the
Potomac River. But the bodys discovery doesnt put the authorities any closer to
finding the diamonds, the money, or the killers of Eagles guards.

Six months later with the case gone cold, ex-Virginia cop turned private investigator
Beauford Sloan leaves the serenity of his Blue Ridge Mountain ranch and takes the case,
on the request of the dead guards mother. She wants her sons killers brought to justice.
Eagle Securitys insurance company wants the diamonds and money recovered, and the
police and FBI want to close the case. Beauford Sloan sets out on a trail of clues where
death seems to follow his every step.

Englishman Raymond Austin (The Baron DeVere-Austin of Delvin) has been in the entertainment business for the last forty years. While his career began as a stunt man in Holly wood, Austin quickly soared to fame as the director of England's top television shows The Avengers and The Saint. Returning to Hollywood in the 70's, he directed such shows as Hawaii Five-O, Hart to Hart, Vegas, Quincy, Magnum P.I., AirWolf, Spenser: For Hire, JAG, and the list goes on. Raymond and the Baroness currently divide their time between their homes in Wiltshire, England and Charlottesville, Virginia. The Eagle Heist is his first novel of the "Beauford Sloan Mystery Series."

Raymond Todd is an actor-director in the theater, a poet, a jazz trombonist, and a documentary filmmaker who lives in New York.