Teamed up once again, Pierre le Roux and Kristin Alam are roped in by the South African president to establish the motive behind the unexpected assassination of Zimbabwe’s president. The stakes are raised when an attempt on the life of South Africa’s president fails in Vienna.In Zimbabwe, the survival of a cash-strapped government hinges on the richest find of alluvial diamond deposits since Kimberley in South Africa, a century earlier.As the answers unravel, le Roux uncovers a web of cynical agendas driven by forces competing for control of the diamond fields. Soon, le Roux is the target of those who believe he knows too much.And, all along the professional assassin lurks in the shadows, intent on finishing the job he had left undone.And still, the question remains: who was the puppet master, the one who had been pulling the strings?
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