A story of three women, linked by blood and diamonds. The first, a Ph.D. who loves her research more than any living thing. The second, a Montreal woman who knows her bulging, aching abdomen must conceal a terrible secret. The third, resident doctor Hope Sze, who, in struggling to save her patient, stumbles across a crime.

“Sharply etched, emotionally haunting.” –Kenneth Wishnia, Edgar and Anthony Award finalist; editor of Jewish Noir

‘The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.’ Friedrich Nietzsche