Deadly is the Diamond

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Silent murders make a beautiful jewel a sinister symbol of evil

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A beautiful girl thrills to the feel of the perfect diamond at her throat, but still she fears it as an ill omen. And when death appears at the first quick master stroke, splitting the magnificent gem, her prophecy of bad-fortune comes true. What human hand strikes repeatedly, causing the murders blamed on the sinister stone?

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