Legendary actress Susan Sawyer is auctioning off the 33.3-carat Sawyer-Corey Diamond. A gift from her beloved husband, the proceeds will fund a new NYC non-profit that helps with a simple basic: a complete, hot meal. As she takes one last look at her treasure, she announces the unthinkable. The diamond she held was a fake. Now NYC detective Connie Mercado is on the case and working to suss out who of the people connected to Miss Sawyer and the Sawyer-Corey Diamond is a thief. Here is a list of the people Miss Sawyer reported had access to the ring:
- Dana Jones-Stann, accountant, keeper of the safe deposit box keys
- Allison Boatwright, assistant at the auction house, sheltered, pampered, rudderless
- Everett Goodwin, auction house director, butt kissing twerp
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ABOUT Kathleen Marple Kalb
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Kathleen Marple Kalb describes herself as an Author/Anchor/Mom…not in that order. An award-winning weekend anchor at New York’s 1010 WINS Radio, she’s the author of short stories and novels including the Old Stuff and Ella Shane series, and, as Nikki Knight, the Grace the Hit Mom and Vermont Radio series. Her stories, under both pen names, have been in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, Black Cat Weekly, and many anthologies, and short-listed for Derringer and Black Orchid Novella Awards. Active in writer’s groups, she’s served as Vice President of the Short Mystery Fiction Society and Co-VP of the New York/Tri-State Sisters in Crime Chapter. She, her husband, and son live in a Connecticut house owned by their cat.
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