Plot

Tony Bragg, suspected fence in a huge diamond heist is pushed to his death from his London flat. Bragg had visited Jersey some while earlier and Scotland Yard ask for Jim's help. Then Philippa Vale arrives on the island with Bragg's associate Ormond, who is also killed. Philippa tells Jim that Ormond asked her to rob three local worthies, one of whom double-crossed Bragg and stole the diamonds. As the pair of them work outside the law to locate the culprit - who also murdered Ormond - they find that nobody can be trusted.—don @ minifie-1

Bergerac is called to Scotland Yard to help the Met in a diamond-related incident in Jersey. When he bumps into Philippa Vale, he's unsurprised to discover she's involved, and is soon led into a web of intrigue and temptation.