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Belgium, 1940, during the German invasion. Camille Bonnet accepts an impossible challenge: steal the most valuable industrial diamonds in the world from an Antwerp bank before the Germans get them.

Needed for advanced technology the Allied war effort demands, the diamonds are secured in an impregnable basement vault. As Germans…

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This was a spell-binding, nail-biting suspense thriller about a young French woman who must steal flawless diamonds from Belgium and deliver them to the Allied Forces before the industrial-grade gems fall into the hands of the Nazis. 

 I loved the intricate, well-developed plot, memorable characters, and imminent danger at every turn. As a French teacher who spent a summer in Normandy and visited many of the sites of the Allied invasion, I appreciated how the heroine was a French woman trying to save her country by aiding the Allies.

This novel was one of the best WW2 stories I…

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