The Deadly Diamonds
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Author | : John F. Dobbyn |
Publisher | : Knight and Devlin Thriller |
Total Pages | : 287 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781608090921 |
What do Boston, Dublin, and Sierra Leone have in common? The movement of blood diamonds at enormous profit but grave human expense: mafia killings in Boston and Ireland and child enslavement and murder in Sierra Leone. And who is ensnared in the middle of all of this - Michael Knight and Lex Devlin. Can they stop the enormously profitable trade of these tainted jewels? They must come between the Italian mafia in North Boston and the Irish mafia in South Boston including some remnants of the IRA in Ireland. They must also pit themselves against the enslaved and deadly child-army in Sierra Leone, who smuggle these diamonds into the mainstream for cash to buy weapons and drugs. At great personal risk, Knight and Devlin struggle to find a solution that satisfies this disparate combination of characters and, hopefully, dampens the diamond flow.
Author | : Laurence Swinburne |
Publisher | : Steck-Vaughn |
Total Pages | : 54 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780817210649 |
Briefly traces the history and attendant bad luck of the Regent, Bigott, Hope, and other famous diamonds.
Author | : Laurence Swinburne |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1998-01-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780613761062 |
Briefly traces the history and attendant bad luck of the Regent, Bigott, Hope, and other famous diamonds.
Author | : Greg Campbell |
Publisher | : Basic Books |
Total Pages | : 337 |
Release | : 2012-04-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0465029922 |
First discovered in 1930, the diamonds of Sierra Leone have funded one of the most savage rebel campaigns in modern history. These "blood diamonds" are smuggled out of West Africa and sold to legitimate diamond merchants in London, Antwerp, and New York, often with the complicity of the international diamond industry. Eventually, these very diamonds find their way into the rings and necklaces of brides and spouses the world over. Blood Diamonds is the gripping tale of how the diamond smuggling works, how the rebel war has effectively destroyed Sierra Leone and its people, and how the policies of the diamond industry - institutionalized in the 1880s by the De Beers cartel - have allowed it to happen. Award-winning journalist Greg Campbell traces the deadly trail of these diamonds, many of which are brought to the world market by fanatical enemies. These repercussions of diamond smuggling are felt far beyond the borders of the poor and war-ridden country of Sierra Leone, and the consequences of overlooking this African tragedy are both shockingly deadly and unquestionably global. Updated with a new epilogue.
Author | : J. J. Fortune |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 139 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780006924210 |
Author | : P. K. Norton |
Publisher | : |
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Release | : 2021-06 |
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ISBN | : 9781955123174 |
Author | : Anthony Horowitz |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 2005-05-05 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1101664053 |
What would Tim Diamond, the world's worst private detective, dowithout his quick-thinking brother Nick? The bumbling detective and his kid brother are at it again in these three hilarious, fast-paced mysteries. Whether it's finding out who flattened a philanthropist with a steamroller in The Blurred Man, outsmarting Parisian drug smugglers on a vacation gone miserably wrong in The French Confection, or catching the murderer behind a deadly class reunion in I Know What You Did Last Wednesday, there's never a dull moment with this crimesolving duo around. Find out if Nick can get to the bottom of these mysteries before Tim messes everything up, or worse, gets them both killed.
Author | : Christopher Bush (b. 1885) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1969 |
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Author | : Linda Hutsell-Manning |
Publisher | : Coteau Books |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 2004-04-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1550508954 |
In this exciting sequel, twelve-year-old Jason Carter travels with his friend Charlotte and her little brother Squid to seventeenth-century Luxembourg, where they meet an innocent man about to be hanged. They embark on a fantastic journey to the tiny kingdom of Luxembourg in the late 1600s. Ruled by French conquerors, its people have never forgotten their ancient language or their hopes of regaining independence. Outside the city of Luxembourg, the kids befriend a group of craftsmen - people who help keep alive the ideal of independence. When the city's rich people visit on market day, Jason and his friends are asked to play their musical instruments. Assisted by the bugle's magic, they make marvellous music, and are invited to stay with the great engineer, General Vauban, who is building a vast series of tunnels under the city. But Fabian, one of Vauban's officers, is secretly involved with an international ring of diamond thieves. He organizes a daring robbery and the people in the camp are blamed. Jason, Charlotte, and Squid have to prove their friends' innocence to save their lives. With the help of the bugle and a mysterious mermaid, Melusina, who holds in her memory the long and tragic history of Luxembourg, they uncover secrets hidden deep in the tunnels.But the odds are against them. Will they be enough of an advantage to save the day?
Author | : Christopher Bush |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 159 |
Release | : 1967 |
Genre | : English fiction |
ISBN | : 9780856173967 |