Bøker av Rob Bates

Mimi Rosen and her dad were skeptical when they heard they had purchased a cursed diamond. The famous jeweler's wife who sold it to them ends up dead. To solve the mystery, Mimi is drawn into the dark history of the jeweler's family.

Journalist-turned-amateur-sleuth Mimi Rosen is back with her fatherMax for another action-packed tale of murder and intrigue in NewYork City''s Diamond District.A Reverend from Africa has found a sparkling $20 million diamondthat he hopes will free his continent from the scourge of blooddiamonds. But this attempt to do good soon turns very bad. After thediamond is stolen and leads to a series of murders, Mimi discovers boththe diamond and the Reverend have a less-than-sparkling history.Soon, Mimi is investigating a web of secrets involving a shady billionaire,a corrupt politician, Africa''s diamond fields, offshore companies, as wellas an activist, filmmaker, computer genius, and police detective whomay or may not be as noble as they appear. Is the prized gem actually ablood diamond?

Max Rosen always said the diamond business isn’t about sorting the gems, it’s about sorting the people. His daughter Mimi is about to learn that some people, like some diamonds, can be seriously flawed. After Mimi’s diamond-dealer cousin Yosef is murdered—seemingly for his $4 million pink diamond—Mimi finds herself in the middle of a massive conspiracy, where she doesn’t know who to trust, or what to believe. Now she must find out the truth about both the diamond and her cousin, before whoever killed Yosef, gets her.