Unravelling a puzzle leads four treasure hunters on a search that could become homicidal.
History and fiction mix in this enthralling modern-day novel of suspense. Stolen diamonds are missing; a fortune is at stake and evidence overlooked for a hundred years points to a location.
Natalie Siever wants to break out and do something 'crazy' with her life. Alex Barry discovers a puzzle that he and Natalie might be able to untangle together. Frank Redwood intrudes in their lives and seizes his opportunities. Rick Wilson is more interested in bird-watching.
A lonely, mist-shrouded dot of land in the Southern Ocean holds the secret to the puzzle and will lead them on a search that could become homicidal.
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Alex paused long enough to yell across the roof of the car to Natalie, “Call the fire brigade!” Then he sprinted down the street.
The arsonists were piling back into their car. It took off with a scream of smoking rubber. The horn started hooting before they reached the point where Natalie stood frozen in alarm. Alex halted momentarily but, as the car sped past her, the thugs limited themselves to obscene gestures and catcalls.
Alex breathed a sigh of relief and ran on, hoping he would be in time to salvage Katy’s letters. Party-goers were piling out of the back door as he reached it. He shouldered his way through in the opposite direction, yelling, “Get out of the way.” Flames were licking the frame of the front door and the hallway had a pall of smoke almost down to head level. Suddenly the glass in the door shattered. Alex felt shards hitting his clothing, but with spent force, and he ducked lower and sprinted to his bedroom door.
The paint on its surface was blistering, the edges blackened. He knew he was too late to save Katy’s letters, let alone any of his possessions.
He checked the living room from its doorway to make sure everyone was out. Smoke was starting to fill it as well. He turned back to retrace his steps but a gush of flame erupted from the hallway ceiling, blocking his exit. He had to retreat from the heat, smelling his hair singe.
He panicked for a moment. Then, bent over to avoid breathing-in smoke, he rushed to a window, opened it and in the same movement somehow managed a forward roll onto the grass outside.
Maria, raised in the Mafia and educated by the gangs of New York, is hunting the man who killed her Akalina, and she will kill anyone who gets in her way.
Raised on Black and White TV is Carol Denise Mitchell’s intimate, unflinching memoir of growing up in a world where television became both a refuge and a mirror. Through the glow of classic black‑and‑white programs, she learned about fami
