A diamond dealer and his entire family have mysteriously disppeared from their sprawling Los Angeles manor, leaving the estate undisturbed and their valuables untouched. Investigating detective Decker is stumped, faced with a perplexing case riddled with dead ends. Then a second dealer is found murdered in Manhattan, catapulting Decker and his wife Rina, into a heartstopping maze of murder and intrigue that spans the globe, only to touch down dangerously in their own backyard.
This is a white knuckle thriller - great to read and block out the rest of the universe.

Ann C. (
auntant) wrote on 2/15/2007...
From the book cover, "A diamond dealer and his entire family have mysteriously disappeared from their sprawling Los Angeles manor, leaving the estate undisturbed and their valuables untouched. Investigating detective Decker is stumped - faced with a perplexing case riddled with dead ends. Then a second dealer is found murdered in Manhattan, catapulting Decker and his wife, Rina, into a heartstopping maze of murder and intrigue that spans the globe ... only to touch down dangerously in their own backyard."

Victoria P. (
Novella) wrote on 10/27/2006...
Fantastic thriller with the reat duo.

Pam M. (
KSPeach) wrote on 2/28/2006...
A good,easy, mystery author without as much graphic imagery and profanity as others in the genre'.
A diamond dealer and his entire family have mysteriously disappeared from their Los Angeles estate, leaving it undisturbed, their valuables untouched. Investigator Detective Decker is stumped - and faces many dead ends. A second dealer is found murdered in Manhattan, thrusting Decker and his wife, Rina, into a maze of murder and intrigue that spans the globe, but touches down in Los Angeles. A good peter Decker mystery!
The SEVENTH book in the series featuring Peter Decker, LAPD detective and Rina Lazarus, his wife in Los Angeles, California.