Doubled in Diamonds explained

Doubled in Diamonds is a 1966 spy thriller novel by the British Victor Canning.^[1] It is the second in a series of four novels about Rex Carver, a private detective drawn back into his old profession of espionage.^{[2] [3]}

Synopsis

Carver is hired to find a man who has failed to claim an inheritance, who is turns out has been involved in a diamond heist. His mission takes him to Dublin and France, and draws him into a plot overseen by two Chinese twins, who are agents of the communist government, to sell drugs and earn hard currency for their country.

Bibliography

• Burton, Alan. Historical Dictionary of British Spy Fiction. Rowman & Littlefield, 2016.
• Murphy, Bruce F. The Encyclopedia of Murder and Mystery. Springer, 1999.
• Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.

Notes and References

1. Reilly p.254
2. Murphy p.79
3. Burton p.81