Overview
"Diamonds and Death" is a fictional crime story set in mid-1980s Boston. Three unlikely friends—a transplanted Brit, a small-time crook from Georgia, and a war-scarred recluse—plot to rob a mob-connected attorney, Herman Gold, of his wife valuable jewelry collection. The three criminals share a hatred for the ruthless lawyer, binding them together, but the hidden motives of one of them threaten the success of their devious plan.
Jon Brines, an Englishman, works for Gold and is secretly having an affair with the attorney's wife. He recruits Ace Henderson—a man from Georgia—and a second man named Richard Goldberg, also known as "Ritchie Flat Ear," to help with the heist. What Brines and Henderson don't know is that "Ritchie's" real identity is Alan Gorman—Florence Gold's brother—who, along with his sister, is plotting Herman's murder. In the process, he will retrieve a priceless 16th-century painting, which is stashed inside Herman's safe, and return it to its rightful owner—a Sicilian mob boss.
The robbery spirals into chaos, leaving Herman Gold dead on the floor of his study, lying in a pool of his own blood. Enter FBI agent Tony Marconi, who pursues the truth and drags the criminals into an ever-tightening noose, where the web of betrayal, greed, and retribution eventually catches up with them. As secrets unravel and their mistakes pile up, their carefully laid plans collapse like a row of falling dominoes, leaving their lives in shambles.
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