The Diamond Dakota Mystery

Author : Juliet Wills
Publisher : Allen & Unwin Academic
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 174114745X

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The Diamond Dakota Mystery by Juliet Wills Pdf

This extraordinary true tale follows the disappearance of more than 20 million dollars worth of precious diamonds during World War II. In 1942, as the Japanese army advanced on Java, two wealthy businessmen entrusted a Russian aviator, Captain Ivan Smirnoff, with a small, mysteriously-unmarked package, to be delivered to a businessman in Sydney. The plane was attacked during a Japanese air raid and under heavy fire, but Smirnoff miraculously landed the badly damaged plane on an isolated beach on Java's far northwest coast. A few weeks later, Jack Palmer stumbled across the lost package—containing precious diamonds—among the plane's wreckage. Nicknamed "Diamond Jack," Palmer and two others were charged with theft of the diamonds. This true adventure follows the diamonds as they are lost, found, and lost again.

Author : Mark Greenwood
Publisher : Penguin Group Australia
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017-01-30
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781760146528

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History Mysteries: Diamond Jack by Mark Greenwood Pdf

In March 1942, an aircraft prepares for a desperate midnight escape, taking refugees to safety in Australia. Just before take-off, the pilot is entrusted with a mysterious, wax-sealed package.But when the plane is shot down by the enemy and crash lands on the Kimberley coast, the package is forgotten. Until someone stumbles across the find of a lifetime . .

Author : Juliet Wills
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2006-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1741158397

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The Diamond Dakota Mystery by Juliet Wills Pdf

This extraordinary true tale follows the disappearance of more than 20 million dollars worth of precious diamonds during World War II. In 1942, as the Japanese army advanced on Java, two wealthy businessmen entrusted a Russian aviator, Captain Ivan Smirnoff, with a small, mysteriously-unmarked package, to be delivered to a businessman in Sydney. The plane was attacked during a Japanese air raid and under heavy fire, but Smirnoff miraculously landed the badly damaged plane on an isolated beach on Java's far northwest coast. A few weeks later, Jack Palmer stumbled across the lost package—containing precious diamonds—among the plane's wreckage. Nicknamed "Diamond Jack," Palmer and two others were charged with theft of the diamonds. This true adventure follows the diamonds as they are lost, found, and lost again.

Author : Sue Williams
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2024-04-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781761424076

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Run For Your Life by Sue Williams Pdf

The remarkable true story of a family forced into hiding after leaking Russian secrets What started out as a great adventure turned into a terrifying nightmare when Nick Stride and his family were forced to flee for their lives from one of the richest, most powerful men in the world. Nick moved to Russia in 1998 to help build the British Embassy in Moscow, but ended up on the run with his wife and two children after leaking secrets from Vladimir Putin’s one-time deputy. Hiding off grid on Australia’s final frontier – remote beaches on the Dampier Peninsula on the far north Kimberley coast – the family faced crocodiles, sharks, snakes, raging bushfires and the devastating Cyclone Yvette, and survived only by catching fish and crabs and learning how to kill wild animals. It was a life-or-death move, but Nick felt he had no choice. Now, emerging from isolation, the family are finally ready to share their incredible story.

Author : Ian W. Shaw
Publisher : Macmillan Publishers Aus.
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781743517932

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The Ghosts of Roebuck Bay by Ian W. Shaw Pdf

The Japanese attack on Broome is the second most deadly air raid on Australia soil in our history and yet it's almost entirely overlooked. On 3 March 1942, nine Japanese Zero planes strafed the small town planning to destroy the aerodrome and American planes. With no notice, the townsfolk could only put up minimal opposition and in an attack that lasted only an hour, almost one hundred men, women and children lost their lives. Not a single operational aircraft remained in Broome, but the shocking loss of human life can never be truly calculated. The Ghosts of Roebuck Bay tells the story of this tragedy, shining light on a story that has slipped through the cracks of history. A captivating tale of refugees and soldiers, of reputations made and lost, of survival and spirit that resonates to today.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1903
Category : Detective and mystery stories, American
ISBN : STANFORD:36105115675857

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The Bradys at Gold Hill; Or,m The Mystery of the Man from Montana by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1904
Category : Detective and mystery stories, American
ISBN : STANFORD:36105115586518

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The Bradys' Mott Street Mystery; Or, The Case of Mrs. Ching Chow by Anonim Pdf

Author : Steve Levi
Publisher : Publication Consultants
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2022-08-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781637471173

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The Matter of the Departed Diamonds by Steve Levi Pdf

How can $2 million in diamonds vanish? First, the diamonds were assessed to make sure they were authentic. Then, in front of witnesses, they were placed in a locked cabinet. Under guard, the cabinet with the diamonds was loaded into an armored car and transported to a jewelry assessor. When the cabinet arrived at the secure room of the jewelry assessor in Kansas City, Missouri, the diamonds were gone! Detective Heinz Noonan is called to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, to find the departed diamonds. He follows the gems, step by step, from the bank vault to the jewelry assessor's secure room using witness statements and security footage. His task is to determine who masterminded the theft before the insurance company has to pay for the loss. All of the clues are revealed in the novel to see if you, the reader, can solve The Matter of the Departed Diamonds faster than Detective Heinz Noonan!

Author : Phyllis A. Whitney
Publisher : Signet
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Colorado
ISBN : 0451059069

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Mystery of the Black Diamonds by Phyllis A. Whitney Pdf

Author : Marianne van Velzen
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2023-04-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781761186462

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Minnie by Marianne van Velzen Pdf

The inspiring story of a feisty pioneering woman who sought freedom and adventure in the outback and became the first woman to work as an opal miner in Australia. People always asked her if she was ever afraid, living out in the desert alone with all those rough and scruffy men. But Minnie Berrington was not the faint-hearted type, and never had been. Being tough came naturally to her, growing up with three brothers and a family that went from riches to ruins. Only a slip of a girl, Minnie could match any man in stamina, perseverance and strength. She arrived in Coober Pedy when camels still brought in essential supplies, and water was so scarce that no-one washed. Together with the other miners, she braved the heat, the flies and the dust. Every day she waited for that special sound the pick made when it cracked opal. The first woman to dig her own shafts in the Australian opal fields, Minnie began her working life as a typist in London. But she and her younger brother, Victor, sought freedom and adventure in the 1920s and found plenty of it in the outback. 'Destined to become an outback classic' - Liz Harfull, bestselling author of Women of the Land 'Minnie brings to life a gutsy, independent woman living a remarkable but simple life in the harshest of conditions' - Juliet Wills, author of The Diamond Dakota Mystery

Author : Chester K. Steele
Publisher : Tutis Digital Pub
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2008-08-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8132028619

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The Diamond Cross Mystery by Chester K. Steele Pdf

"Chester K. Steele" was a pseudonym of the Stratemeyer Syndicate, founded by Edwin Stratemayer. He wrote eleven "Horatio Alger" titles, and went on to produce series including "The Rover Boys," "The Bobsey Twins," and "Tom Swift," hiring ghost writers to produce the books under specific pen names. "The Diamond Cross Mystery" is a one of a series intended for an older audience than the children's books Stratemeyer normally produced. It features the reluctant detective Colonel Ashley and his Negro servant Shag. Only the first, "The Mansion of Mystery," was written by Stratemeyer. In "The Diamond Cross Mystery," Colonel Ashley must solve the murder of the proprietor of a jewelry store. The Colonel would prefer to be fishing, but crimes have a way of interrupting his reading of "Walton's Complete Angler,"

Author : K. Chester Steele
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2008-12-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1437873057

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The Diamond Cross Mystery by K. Chester Steele Pdf

Author : Luis Senarens
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2019-12-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4064066135539

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The Transient Lake; or, Frank Reade, Jr.'s Adventures in a Mysterious Country by Luis Senarens Pdf

This book was written for a younger, possibly teenage, generation towards the turn of the twentieth century. It is an adventure story with a boy called Frank Reade Jr. - a teenaged inventor. It is written in the style of pulp fiction and was very popular in its day.

Author : Kay Nimitz Smith
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2016-10-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1539000702

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Diamonds for Diamond by Kay Nimitz Smith Pdf

A serial killer is terrorizing the women of Portland, Oregon as he dumps their lifeless bodies around the waterways of Multnomah County. Detective Jack Diamond and his partner Nick Buchanan race the clock to catch the killer as the victims stack up, and the killings become personal. The ghosts of Jack's past haunt him as the love of his life becomes the killer's next target. Jack and the county's Scuba Dive Rescue Team perform underwater crime scene investigations, turning up evidence that leads them to the killer - but will they get there in time?

Author : Miles Burton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1494070227

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The Hardway Diamonds Mystery by Miles Burton Pdf

This is a new release of the original 1930 edition.