As Allied squadrons arrive to liberate Corsica from the grip of the Nazis, Bill Cottrell, an undercover British officer, finds himself betrayed and captured by career criminal turned Gestapo officer, Felix Muller who is embroiled in a getaway plan involving a fortune in stolen diamonds. Fifty years later, after returning to Corsica to relive old memories, Bill discovers that the ghosts of the past might not be dead. Old soldiers, the Corsican Mafia, an American millionaire and locals with scores to settle are hunting the diamonds in a murderous knot of intrigue and violence. It's the job of Detective Sergeant Philippa Cottrell and the Corsican police to find the killers and what happened to the diamonds.

Born in Washington D.C. in 1951, Ian Richardson was educated at Highgate School and the University of Southampton. He spent most of his career in the UK civil service, including HM Treasury and the Cabinet Office, dealing with financial matters. Since retiring, he has had more time to enjoy his favourite activities of choral singing and folk dancing and has also turned his hand to writing. Deadly Diamonds is his third novel. He has three grown-up children and lives happily with his wife in South Wales.