From New York Times and International Bestselling Author Geoffrey Jenkins. DIAMONDS ARE A CRIMINAL'S BEST FRIEND. Experts agree that the Cullinan Diamond, the largest in the world and discovered near Pretoria, South Africa in 1905, was only a portion of a much bigger gem. A widespread belief prevails that the second, greater portion of the famous diamond must exist... Standing fortress-like, in one of the remotest parts of Africa, at the confluence of the Shashi and Limpopo rivers is the site known simply as The Hill. Where during the 1930s unrivaled discoveries of ancient treasure were made. Now magnet-like, it draws to its arid desolation these individuals who in the space of 36 hours play out a deadly charade... Guy Bowker, who has come to settle a score with John Rankin, the man responsible for his having spent eighteen months in prison on a trumped-up charge of possessing illicit diamonds. John Rankin, the treacherous erstwhile partner of Guy's father with whom he 'discovered' the Cullinan Diamond. He is determined to let no one trespass on The Hill or interfere with his feverish search for treasure. Manfred von Praeger, ex-Gestapo doctor, who in Amsterdam during the war learned of a possible clue to the other half of the Cullinan from the lips of a dying diamond-cutter - Guy's own maternal grandfather. These three, and a lone woman, now converge on The Hill, where they find themselves alternately cast in the roles of hunter and hunted, until the forces of nature take a hand to produce a terrifying climax none of them could have expected... "His story-telling has a drive that is compulsive." - Scotsman
