Her future sparkles like a diamond ... but most diamonds have flaws

A fractured family … An antique sapphire necklace … A message from the dead …

She loved rubies more than life … even her own.

Every moment is a pearl on the necklace of life...until the moments run out...

Emma Goldsmith was perfectly happy building her life's work around beautiful gems… until her boss buys the largest pearl-importing business in the country and offers her the chance to manage it.

But there’s a reason pearls were the symbol for tears in a previous century. A glass of pearl tea spells death for someone close to her. And the business that was going to make her career? Who knew it came with a few extras—like hostile employees and smuggling. And murder.

Now Emma is not only a murder suspect, but she also needs to figure out who put her in the crosshairs before she becomes Interpol’s flavor of the month.

An antique golden casket once the property of a king... priceless emerald jewels stolen from museums across the world... a murderous enemy who has sworn vengeance...