The Green Pearl

The Green Pearl by Aidan de Brune is about British secret agent Mark Therrold who must procure a green pearl behind which there is an incredible and powerful secret. Excerpt: "Mark Therrold, British Secret Service Agent, took a small case from his pocket and placed the one gem it contained on the table before the astonished hotel manager to whom he had been speaking. The manager's verdict was: «A pearl, M'sieu… the Queen of Pearls. Ah! you beautiful, beautiful thing.»