This book introduces diamonds, the hardest natural substances on Earth, describing how they are formed, where they are found, and how they are used.

When Trixie Belden and Honey Wheeler find a cut diamond embedded in the dirt floor of the old abandoned gatehouse, they set out to find whoever left it there.

"The story of four couples linked over sevearal decades by one diamond ring, and the woman who launched the most famous diamond campaign in the world"--

Captive star : Someone had set them both up. Now, handcuffed together, bounty hunter Jack Dakota and bail jumper M.J. O'Leary are on the run from a pair of hired killers. And M.J. isn't talking--not even when Jack finds a gigantic blue diamond hidden in her purse. Everything's telling Jack that the sexy skip he'd been hired to recover can't be trusted...everything, that is, but his heart. Hidden star : She couldn't remember a thing, not even who...

The story of one of the world's most famous diamonds-stolen from South Asia during colonization and now among the crown jewels in London-is a call to action for readers to decolonize and hold their heads high. The Kohinoor diamond, one of the most famous diamonds in the world, was stolen from India and fought over throughout centuries of colonial conquest, eventually landing in the hands of British royals who tricked a ten-year-old South Asian monarch...

"Elizabeth, Joyce, Ron and Ibrahim--the Thursday Murder Club--are still riding high off their recent real-life murder case and are looking forward to a bit of peace and quiet at Cooper's Chase, their posh retirement village. But they are out of luck. An unexpected visitor--an old pal of Elizabeth's (or perhaps more than just a pal?)--arrives, desperate for her help. He has been accused of stealing diamonds worth millions from the wrong men and he's...

A poor art student in New York City discovers a duffel bag full of diamonds in the chaos during an attack at Grand Central Station and is pursued by the Ghost, an assassin who had murdered the bag's owner.