Five consecutive fictional stories make up A Diamond Quintet. All the stories are linked to each other by a single entity and a common thread. The single entity is a fabulous blue diamond. The common thread is death.Ranging from the stark beauty of south-west Africa's Namib Desert to Antwerp's diamond district, thence to New York, California, England, France, and Belgium - again, before a finale in the desert where the diamond was found, this fast-paced crime thriller tells of greed, dishonour and subterfuge.