On his way to Chile to give a lecture series on guerilla warfare, Diplomatic Service special advisor Peter Craig is asked to make unofficial enquiries about some distinctively coloured diamonds emanating from Brazil. His enquiries take him from the British Embassy in Rio, via a chance meeting with an old enemy, to the deepest, most dangerous level of a Brazilian goldmine, and into the heart of a deadly conspiracy.
--This text refers to the
Kindle Edition
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Kenneth Benton (1909-1999) served as an MI6 officer from 1937-68, stationed in Madrid, Rome and South America, before turning his hand to spy and crime fiction.
His novels, which draw on his experience in service and extensive travels, were originally published by Collins and Macmillan in the 1960s and 1970s, and are now republished by his literary estate as Kindle editions.
