Gerald Austin Browne je americký autor a redaktor, ktorého diela často skúmajú témy spojené s intrigami a napätím. Jeho romány, ktoré sa odohrávajú v medzinárodnom prostredí, vynikajú štylistickou eleganciou a schopnosťou vtiahnuť čitateľov do zložitých zápletiek. Browneho jedinečný prístup k rozprávaniu príbehov, ktorý sa často prelína s prvkami napätia a sofistikovanosti, zanechal v literárnom svete nezmazateľnú stopu. Jeho schopnosť zachytiť podstatu ľudskej povahy v napínavých naratívoch robí jeho diela nadčasovými.
Cynical, ne'er-do-well New Yorker John Wiley, seeking to get away from it all, meets up with a self-destructive young heiress and earns the disfavor of the South American syndicate which controls the black market in Colombian emeralds.
In an international realm of million-dollar stones, billion-dollar buyers and a fierce, never-ending pursuit of finely cut perfection, a flawed little stone called #588 does not even qualify as a gem. But when 588 is stolen, it draws a diamond dealer, a rich woman and her minions, a thief, a mobster and even the CIA into an explosive hunt of betrayal, obsession and murder. Reissue.
The love-at-first-sight between Soviet diamond trader Nikolai Borodin and Londoner Vivian Holberg is menaced by high stakes diamond smugglers and a ruthless, globe girdling diamond cartel.
In an international realm of million-dollar stones, billion-dollar buyers and a fierce, never-ending pursuit of finely cut perfection, a flawed little stone called #588 does not even qualify as a gem. But when 588 is stolen, it draws a diamond dealer, a rich woman and her minions, a thief, a mobster and even the CIA into an explosive hunt of betrayal, obsession and murder. Reissue.
