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Issue Details: First known date: 2018... 2018 The Pearl Thief
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'Severine Kassel is asked by the Louvre in 1963 to aid the British Museum with curating its antique jewellery, her specialty. Her London colleagues find her distant and mysterious, her cool beauty the topic of conversations around its quiet halls. No one could imagine that she is a desperately damaged woman, hiding her trauma behind her chic, French image.

'It is only when some dramatic Byzantine pearls are loaned to the Museum that Severine’s poise is dashed and the tightly controlled life she’s built around herself is shattered. Her shocking revelation of their provenance sets off a frenzied hunt for Nazi Ruda Mayek.

'Mossad’s interest is triggered and one of its most skilled agents comes out of retirement to join the hunt, while the one person who can help Severine – the solicitor handling the pearls – is bound by client confidentiality. As she follows Mayek’s trail, there is still one lifelong secret for her to reveal – and one for her to discover.

'From the snowy woodlands outside Prague to the Tuileries of Paris and the heather-covered moors of Yorkshire comes a confronting and heart-stopping novel that explores whether love and hope can ever overpower atrocity in a time of war and hate.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Michael Joseph , 2018 .
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      Extent: 512p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 29 October 2018.

      ISBN: 9780143785095
    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 2019 .
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      Extent: 512p.p.
      Edition info: Paperback
      Note/s:
      • Published 16 April 2019.

      ISBN: 9780143796626
    • London,
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      England,
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      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Ebury ,
      2019 .
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      Extent: 500p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 25th July 2019
      ISBN: 9781529103786
Alternative title: La ladra di perle
Language: Italian
    • Rome,
      c
      Italy,
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Newton and Compton ,
      2021 .
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      Extent: 480p.p.
      Reprinted: Oct 2022
      Note/s:
      • Published March 2021.
      ISBN: 9788822750426, 9788822764638

Other Formats

  • Also dyslexic edition
  • Also large print.
  • Also braille.
  • Also sound recording.

Works about this Work

When Hollywood Calls : How Fiona McIntosh’s Screen Dream Is Coming True Penelope Debelle , 2024 single work column
— Appears in: InReview , July 2024;

'SA writer Fiona McIntosh is rapt to be joining the Bruna Papandrea club with her novel The Pearl Thief to be turned into a film, but reveals she almost missed connecting with the Hollywood producer after ignoring a stranger’s voicemail.'

When Hollywood Calls : How Fiona McIntosh’s Screen Dream Is Coming True Penelope Debelle , 2024 single work column
— Appears in: InReview , July 2024;

'SA writer Fiona McIntosh is rapt to be joining the Bruna Papandrea club with her novel The Pearl Thief to be turned into a film, but reveals she almost missed connecting with the Hollywood producer after ignoring a stranger’s voicemail.'

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