There was a time when the author turned 50, then it became a month of vacation and cruise in the Caribbean. Then came the idea to write a book with a background of exciting islands. A couple of yea...view moreThere was a time when the author turned 50, then it became a month of vacation and cruise in the Caribbean. Then came the idea to write a book with a background of exciting islands. A couple of years earlier, the author had visited a diamond grinding mill in Bangkok. Why not weave this together into an exciting thriller in the old-fashioned style, a style that was common when the author grew up a number of decades earlier!view less