Overview
During the reign of the Ottoman Empire, a Turkish fisherman discovered a rare stone on the shores of the Bosphorus Strait...
One week before the International Fair in your town, the famed Topkapi Diamond vanishes from the Royal Treasury of Istanbul. And on a recent trip to Turkey, your friend Bob picked up a souvenir that may implicate him in the crime. When a stranger appears, demanding to buy the souvenir off Bob, you know something is amiss. Fate and happenstance collide and, before you know it, you are swept away on an exciting journey through one of the most culturally significant cities in the world. But with criminals and cops hot on your trail, you can't afford to take the scenic route! Can you prove Bob's innocence and recover the diamond before it's too late?
The Spoonmaker's Diamond is a grand overseas adventure that will test your courage and friendships.
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Full Product Details
Author: Mary M Slechta ,
Saga Briggs
Publisher: Night Owls Press LLC
Imprint: Night Owls Press LLC
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.60cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.422kg
ISBN: 9781937645151
ISBN 10: 1937645150
Pages: 286
Publication Date: 26 October 2015
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Author Information
MARY M. SLECHTA holds degrees from the University of Connecticut and Syracuse University. Her junior year abroad at the University of Rouen sparked a lifelong interest in travel and led to a career as an English language teacher. She taught ESOL for about 25 years at the elementary through university level in Syracuse, New York, a refugee resettlement city continuously renewed by the hard work and passion of its newest members. The daughter of an immigrant herself, she is the author of the poetry collection Wreckage on a Watery Moon (FootHills Publishing). Often concerned with themes of identity and place, her poetry and fiction appear in many journals and anthologies, including New to North America: Writing by Immigrants, Their Children and Grandchildren (Burning Bush Publications), and Identity Lesson: Contemporary Writing About Learning to Be an American (Penguin Books).
