Stephanie Jonesā relationship with her boyfriend is dead in the water. Literally...
Jock Tanner has stood up Stephanie for the last time. Sheās had it with their on-again, off-again relationship and plans to end it permanently. That is, if heād just answer his darn phone! Convinced heās avoiding her, she heads to his cabin cruiser on the marina to confront him and finds him there, but he's not talking. He has a knife stuck in his chest.
A large cache of diamonds is missing from the vault in Jockās jewelry store and his partner believes itās in Stephanieās possession. So does everyone else in Jockās orbit. Before his death, thatās what heād confided to several close friends. The trouble is, she doesnāt know anything about the diamonds or if they even exist, but no one believes her. Sheās determined to let it go and get on with her life until her house is ransacked and her garden is destroyed by someone searching for them.
Teaming up with Jockās cousin, she uncovers Jockās deepest secrets until sheās confronted with the greatest secret of all--his murderer.