Dance for a Diamond - Softcover
There was beauty in the simplicity of Stuart Kody's life, deep in the countryside with a wife he adored. The only thing missing was money. So when an old buddy called with a unique way to pay back a loan, Kody thought his troubles were over.
In fact, they had just begun.
The deal was in diamonds. And it would take Kody from the nightmare torture chambers of South Africa to a secret society of Belgian diamond dealers and a deadly game with the KGB. For Stuart Kody, life had a new simplicity-trying to survive
In fact, they had just begun.
The deal was in diamonds. And it would take Kody from the nightmare torture chambers of South Africa to a secret society of Belgian diamond dealers and a deadly game with the KGB. For Stuart Kody, life had a new simplicity-trying to survive
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Deception abounds in this half-serious romp that features a lot of action with some telling swipes at professional spies. In order to recoup money owed him by a feckless friend, Stuart Kody agrees to help smuggle diamonds out of South Africa. He tells his wife, Lucy, the first lie of their year-old marriage, and the lies multiply. Kody is caught by a brutish South African secret policeman but bribes his way free. Back in England, his house is buggedby whose espionage bureau he does not know. To save himself and Lucy (nee Ludmilla), Stuart becomes enmeshed in the Antwerp diamond market and with Lucy's father, a charming Russian spy who was expelled from England years before. Coping with a series of dangerous entanglements, Stuart invents a "fictitious" English spy department that really exists and a fake "top secret" that turns out to be true. Kody foils four security services and saves himself, Lucy and his money while we get an interesting look at the diamond business. Lucy may be too cuddly and fey for some, but her rascally father is a delight.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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- PublisherCorgi Books
- Publication date1987
- ISBN 10 0552130478
- ISBN 13 9780552130479
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages320
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