Christopher Lowery
ASIN: B07K7XZ8NR
Publisher: Urbane Publications Limited
Pages: 658
The perfect read for fans of Frederick Forsyth, Wilbur Smith, Gerald Seymour and Richard North Patterson.1974/5: After the Portuguese Revolution of the Carnations, the fabled Angolan diamond mines are closed down, but not before a group of refugees escape with a hoard of the precious gems. Their lives promise wealth and success, but a legacy of revenge and greed will eventually find them all, with fatal consequences. 2008: A millionaire businessman drowns in the swimming pool of his mansion in Marbella; a wealthy Frenchman is killed while skiing in the Swiss Alps; and a Portuguese playboy and a prostitute are found murdered together in a seedy New York apartment. The series of seemingly unconnected deaths sets two women Jenny Bishop, a young English widow, and Angolan born Leticia da Costa, on a terrifying journey into the past to revisit the Portuguese revolution and the Angolan civil ...