‘ Extraordinary’ SOPHIE ELMHIRST, author of Maurice and Maralyn
‘ Sparkles with passion, greed and mystery’ OLIVER BULLOUGH, author of Butler to the World
‘ Spellbinding’ LAURA MILLER, Slate
‘ A jewel of a thriller’ CAROL WOOLTON, author of If Jewels Could Talk
When Serena Kutchinsky was ten years old, her father Paul was consumed by a wild dream. Heir to a legendary jewellery empire, he longed to create a golden egg more spectacular than any of Fabergé ’ s masterpieces.
It was the largest jewelled egg in the world: two feet tall, made of solid gold and dripping with thousands of rare pink diamonds. But when no buyer emerged, the dream turned into a nightmare. The family business collapsed, her parents' marriage fell apart, and within ten years Paul was dead. The egg was seized by its creditors and disappeared without a trace.
Thirty years later, Serena sets out to find this lost masterpiece and uncover the truth about the man who sacrificed everything to create it. Her search takes her deep into the secretive world of jewellery dealers and collectors, transforming everything she thought she knew about her father, her childhood and herself.
‘ A brightly painted tale, with everything you could want from a book about a dynasty of jewellers’ SUNDAY TIMES
