The pearl thief

Severine Kassel is asked by the Louvre to aid the British Museum with curating its antique jewellery.

Her London colleagues find her distant and mysterious.

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 her - the solicitor handling the Pearls - is bound by client confidentiality.

As Severine follows Mayek's trail, there is still one lifelong secret for her to reveal - and one for her to discover.