Diamond Solitaire General Fiction The last British combat soldiers

The last British combat soldiers in Helmand are counting the minutes until their departure for home

as only he can

they are detained by the castellan who requires their help to solve two murders on the estate

won the Gregory Award for 1963

Laurence Sterne

Diamond Solitaire General Fiction The last British combat soldiersPeter Diamond, ex CID and notoriously difficult to work with, is sacked from his latest job as a security guard in Harrods. Doggedly he turns his sleuthing skills to unravelling the mystery of a little Japanese girl abandoned in London. Naomi, as she is known, exhibits the classic symptoms of an autistic child. Diamond regards her first as a challenge and soon as someone he cares passionately about, and devotes himself to communicating with the child.