When a $30 million diamond disappears, the gentleman P.I. embarks on an adventure across Europe in this “delightfully quirky and original” mystery (Peter James, author of Dead Simple).
A rare pink diamond recently sold at auction has gone missing, and gentleman thief turned private detective Johann Freidrich von Allmen cannot resist the case—even if his butler and business partner Carlos de Leon has his reservations. With suspicion falling on a man named Artyom Sokolov, Allmen and de Leon embark from London to Zurich in search of the mysterious Russian.
Soon the two discover that they are up against a conspiracy far more complex and dangerous than they suspected. And as amorous adventures and diverting mishaps litter their path through Europe’s high society, Allmen and de Leon get closer to uncovering a high-tech plot to manipulate global financial markets.
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- ISBN: 9781939931726
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- ISBN: 9781939931726
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Library Journal
March 1, 2019
After the sparkly Allmen and the Dragonflies, destitute if aristocratic Johann Friedrich von Allmen returns with Guatemalan butler Carlos, having founded Allmen International Inquiries to pursue work as a private investigator. Here, he's been asked by an Englishman to find the Pink Diamond, a precious jewel stolen from a man who really doesn't have a claim on it. The suspect is a Russian Allmen tracks from an apartment building to a rental agency to a villa to a stunning Baltic coast resort, where sophisticated sybarite Allmen of course gets the best of everything and charges it to his client. But the Russian is being tracked by others, the Pink Diamond turns out not to be as expected, and Allmen and faithful Carlos enter the slippery realm of high finance. VERDICT Immense fun for lovers of international mystery.
Copyright 2019 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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