Stone 588
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From the cover:
... A major work of romance, spine-tingling suspense and international intrigue, centering around a gemstone with mysterious and extraordinary powers.
Stone 588 is an octahedral crystal that came into the hands of diamond merchant Philip Springer's father many years earlier. It lay ignored because it was so obviously flawed: a rough, whitish-opaque lump with a chipped corner, clearly of no commericial value.
But Springer slowly becomes aware of its special qualities. It is Audrey, the woman he loves, who begins to shake his skepticism. Audrey is beautiful, wealthy, sensuous, smart and practical -- and unlike Springer, psychically adventurous. She believes that the stone has healing powers. She uses her aunt Libby -- a woman of vast riches and vast (but subtly-wielded) power -- to prove it.
Libby, sharp and greedy, recognizes the true value of the stone. So do others. But by the time a hundred-million dollar bribe and a successful theft reveal that value to Springer, it is too late. His young son Jake is critically ill -- and Springer must embark on a desperate chase that turns ruthless and bloody, leading to an ingenious burglary in the vaults of Fifth Avenue's most opulent jeweler, a harrowing murder in Trump Tower, and a climatic breakneck chase across the spires of St. Patrick's Cathedral.
I remember reading this book as a teen, and liking it. So when I picked it up used somewhere, I was sorely disappointed. You get minutely detailed descriptions, which gives the impression of the author really doing a lot of research. Unfortunately, it just struck me as being prissy and stilted and irritating.
So it's a good suspense book, but worth reading only once, which is why I'm passing this on.
... A major work of romance, spine-tingling suspense and international intrigue, centering around a gemstone with mysterious and extraordinary powers.
Stone 588 is an octahedral crystal that came into the hands of diamond merchant Philip Springer's father many years earlier. It lay ignored because it was so obviously flawed: a rough, whitish-opaque lump with a chipped corner, clearly of no commericial value.
But Springer slowly becomes aware of its special qualities. It is Audrey, the woman he loves, who begins to shake his skepticism. Audrey is beautiful, wealthy, sensuous, smart and practical -- and unlike Springer, psychically adventurous. She believes that the stone has healing powers. She uses her aunt Libby -- a woman of vast riches and vast (but subtly-wielded) power -- to prove it.
Libby, sharp and greedy, recognizes the true value of the stone. So do others. But by the time a hundred-million dollar bribe and a successful theft reveal that value to Springer, it is too late. His young son Jake is critically ill -- and Springer must embark on a desperate chase that turns ruthless and bloody, leading to an ingenious burglary in the vaults of Fifth Avenue's most opulent jeweler, a harrowing murder in Trump Tower, and a climatic breakneck chase across the spires of St. Patrick's Cathedral.
I remember reading this book as a teen, and liking it. So when I picked it up used somewhere, I was sorely disappointed. You get minutely detailed descriptions, which gives the impression of the author really doing a lot of research. Unfortunately, it just struck me as being prissy and stilted and irritating.
So it's a good suspense book, but worth reading only once, which is why I'm passing this on.
Sent to bigbluemarble in the mail yesterday.
got it, thanks!!!
