The Stolen Coast: A Novel

Adrift in a sleepy coastal Massachusetts town, a man who ferries fugitives by day gets twisted up in a plot to pilfer diamonds in this Casablanca-infused heist novel. Jack might be a polished, Harvard-educated lawyer on paper, but everyone in the down-at-the-heels, if picturesque, village of Onset, Massachusetts, knows his real job: moving people on the run from powerful enemies. The family business-co-managed with his father, a retired spy-is smooth sailing, as they fill up Onset´s holiday homes during the town´s long, drowsy off-season and help clients shed their identities in preparation for fresh starts. But when Elena, Jack´s former flame-a dedicated hustler who´s no stranger to the fugitive life-makes an unexpected return to town, her arrival upends Jack´s routine existence. Elena, after all, doesn´t go anywhere without a scheme in mind, and it isn´t long before Jack finds himself enmeshed in her latest project: intercepting millions of dollars´ worth of raw diamonds before they´re shipped overseas. Infusing a fast-paced plot with sharp wit and stylish prose, CrimeReads editor-in-chief Dwyer Murphy serves up an irresistible page-turner as full of heart as it is of drama.