The whole story spilled out. The necklace going on loan to the Philpont Museum for a show on the royal jewels of Europe, the robbery six months ago where three armed men took the night guards by surprise and were able to bypass the museum's supposedly state-of-the-art security system. The police working the case for the few months but leads petered out quickly. Penelope's desperate hope that the private investigator might have better luck, not being constrained by the complexities of a bureaucracy. Dick Stone's call yesterday that he had located her piece and would deliver it today.
Penelope Fitzpatrick put all of her faith in Dick Stone. He has found the necklace that her grandfather had made many years before for the last tsar of Russia. He has now returned it to Pen who decided the best place for this million dollar necklace was in her safety deposit box at the bank. That was the day that she thought this nightmare would end only to find that it had just begun.
Author Connie Shelton held my attention as 72 year old Pen is joined by 3 other ladies that became the 'Heist Ladies.' Their travels to find the man known as Dick Stone, which is only one of his many names, takes them to the Cayman Islands where 'Mr. Stone' posing under another alias is working his next mark. They follow him to Zurich where he is to meet with a shady jeweler. And on to Nice where one of the largest jewelry exhibits was to be held. It was also the location where plans for one of the largest jewelry heists were being made.
As I read Diamonds Aren't Forever I pictured this little 72 year old lady and her 3 companions in my mind. I admired her spiff and determination. This was a book that was entertaining, humorous at times, and very enjoyable.
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