Cover art by D. Lee
ISBN ISBN 1-59201-029-6
87400 words, 340 ppbk pages
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Threatening undercurrents are moving in Tshani society in 1935: the
old guard are fighting change, while the Queen and her supporters
realize that to survive, change must be embraced and used to benefit
the country. Walking a political tightrope, what the Queen doesn't
need is a scandal--and that's just what will happen if word gets out
that the rare lavender diamonds, sacred to the royal family, have been
stolen.
Claire is pressed into service as a detective, but she hasn't detected
much before there are several attempts on her life. It's hard enough
being one of the few doctors in the realm without also having to play
Sherlock Holmes in your spare time. Life gets more complicated when
Claire gets a new patient: the good-looking anthropologist, Dr.
Harcourt, who has more accidents than a Labrador puppy.
Two plot lines converge when Claire discovers the Queen's missing
foster mother, badly injured, in the cave that seems to have been the
source of the diamonds. Everything might have been solved right then,
but for a torrential African storm and a madman with a bundle of
explosives.
Trapped in the cave with a killer, Claire knows her survival will
depend on her own wits. How she faces the challenge makes for a
rousing good read that will keep you nibbling your nails to the very
last chapter.
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