After the father of Avaโs best friend, Mimi, loses his familyโs savings in a Ponzi scheme, Mimi turns to her old friend for help. Ava launches an investigation that sends her from Amsterdam to Antwerp and then to Singapore. As she tracks the money, Ava is reminded of an old case she worked with
The Diamond Queen of Singapore
โ Scribed by Ian Hamilton
- Publisher
- House of Anansi Press Inc
- Year
- 2020
- Tongue
- en-CA
- Weight
- 350 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781487002060
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โฆ Synopsis
**In the latest thrilling novel in the Ava Lee series,**Ava launches an investigation into a fraudulent investment scheme that sends her around the globe on the trail of illegal diamonds, drug smuggling, and offshore banking.
Ava and Pang Fai are in Toronto to attend a party at the home of Ava's mother, Jennie Lee. When Ava's best friend, Mimi, fails to appear, Ava goes looking for her. She finds Mimi at home, distraught over the death of her father, who has taken his own life after losing the family's savings in a fraudulent investment scheme. Moved to avenge this tragedy and recover the stolen money, Ava launches an investigation that takes her to cities on three continents.
As she tracks the money, Ava is thrust into the underworld of illegal diamond trading, international drug smuggling, and the world's most secretive offshore banking haven. Along the way, a number of Ava's old friends offer their assistance--from her business...
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