{"product_id":"the-lucifer-cut-9781639366743","title":"The Lucifer Cut","description":"\u003cb\u003eA heart-pounding ride through the perilous world of the modern gem trade, by the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eDiamond.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen a New York diamond dealer and his wife are found dead in a chilling assassination, and a mysterious gem--the Lucifer Cut--goes missing, U.S. Treasury agent Alex Turner and his lover, the billionaire Russian diamond thief known as Slav Lily, are thrust into a web of global intrigue. Uncertain they can even trust each other, the two find themselves on the trail of a secret so lethal it threatens not only the world diamond trade but the national security of the United States. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a fiction first, diamond expert Matthew Hart tears the curtain from the secretive world of lab-grown diamonds, where master \"chefs\" create astonishing gems in the 8,000-degree furnaces of their reactors. Finally one of them makes what no one thought possible--a fake so perfect not even experts can unmask it. But as Alex and Lily soon discover, its allure is even more profound than its beauty as a jewel, and the stone ignites a murderous race from New York to London and finally to Cape Town, as a deadly enemy tries to beat them to the diamond. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith knife-sharp dialogue and lacerating irony, Alex and Lily navigate an ever-shifting underworld and the storms of their own desire as they rush to unravel the enigma of the Lucifer Cut and the treacheries of the human heart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pegasus Crime\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/11\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781639366743\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.09lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.79d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Matthew Hart","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43972182048949,"sku":"9781639366743","price":23.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_5cb6b71f-3e91-46a1-a434-71180a18134f.jpg?v=1713282434","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-lucifer-cut-9781639366743","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}