"Jewelry designer Fiona McKay is working on her latest collection of Celtic-inspired jewelry. She's excited by the possibilities uncovered by Rose Flaherty, the antiquities dealer helping her research the heirloom tapestries inspiring her new collection. So when Rose calls to tell her she has answers, Fiona hurries to meet her. But her artistic world is shattered when she finds the lifeless body of the elderly woman. Why would anyone kill such a harmless...

An engagement is supposed to be a fun, exciting time in a girl's life. But things are never that easy for Slash and me. Instead, someone is threatening to expose Slash's past-a past so secret, even I know very little about it. Before I can get used to the weight of Nonna's antique ring on my finger, he's on his way to Rome...and we're farther apart than we've ever been. Still, I have no intention of sitting at home and letting him take on the Vatican...

Sarah Smedley recently returned to the City of Fountains after several years of living on the west coast. During an evening spent reuniting with her friends, she is kidnapped by a man intent on exacting revenge for a misdeed unrelated to her. After calling 9-1-1 numerous times to no avail, Sarah finally escapes and calls her father. Detective Francesca "Frankie" Thomas is assigned the case and in true Frankie-fashion she attacks it with bulldog-like...

A suspicious death, stolen gems, and an unclaimed reward: who will be the victor in a deadly game of cat and mouse? London, October 1886: Trapped in a troubled marriage, Lucy Lawrence is ripe for an adventure. But when she meets the enigmatic Phineas Stone, over the body of her husband in the mortuary, her world begins to fall apart. When her late husband's secrets spill from the grave, and her life is threatened by the leader of London's most notorious...

In book six, Lindie Lou travels to New Zealand, also called Aotearoa (Au-tay-uh-row-uh), where she finds a rare pounamu (poo-na-moo) greenstone. Lindie Lou learns about the HMS Buffalo shipwreck and wonders if this stone was left behind by the crew. While looking for answers, Lindie Lou, Diamond, and their friends visit a local museum. The helpful manager introduces them to a Maori sand artist who tells them about a real lost treasure worth looking...

From Salisbury Plain in England, to the southeastern-most point of the Polynesian Islands, to the Giza Plateau in Egypt, intriguing stone monuments rest as the testimony of human greatness and linger as an enigma for modern civilization.

Precious stones, high-value trades, death threats, bandits, hidden treasure and mineral splendour: eminent journalist and storyteller Richa Goyal Sikri takes us on a rollercoaster ride across the length and breadth of Africa with 24 short adventure stories based on true events spanning the last 60 years and starring some of the most extraordinary personalities ever to walk the face of our planet.