{"product_id":"9781639366743","title":"The Lucifer Cut by Matthew Hart","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e PRE-ORDER NOW - Published: 01\/08\/2024 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA heart-pounding ride through the perilous world of the modern gem trade, by the acclaimed author of Diamond.   When 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.    In 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.    With 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\u003eBinding: Hardback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44581832491186,"sku":"9781639366743","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781639366743.jpg?v=1737625884","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781639366743","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}