The Expat Affair

By: Kimberly Belle

Narrated by: Jennifer Jill Araya, Marni Penning

An American expat’s startling discovery plunges her into the deadly world of Amsterdam’s diamond industry.

Rayna Dumont came to Amsterdam for a fresh start. She’s never been the type for a one-night stand, but this move is all about adventure, and Xander is handsome and successful and more than willing to go along for the ride. Until the morning after, when Rayna finds him dead, millions of dollars’ worth of diamonds missing from his safe.

Willow Prins is captivated by the news. Her husband is Xander’s former boss and heir to a diamond house, and the scandal strains their already-rocky marriage. As the house comes under scrutiny, Willow wonders how much of the blame she can place on Rayna. Soon, the two women are dragged into the dark underbelly of the diamond market, where they’ll have to uncover the truth to survive. Who killed Xander? Where are the missing diamonds? And who can you trust in a city thousands of miles from home?

Dutch thriller

First time author for me. The author grew up in extreme northeast Tennessee, right on the borders of both Virginia and North Carolina. She attended St Agnes College in Atlanta. Somewhere along the way she came up with a Dutch husband and shares her time between Amsterdam and Atlanta. So, you can see where the setting for this book came and there were some statewide references to Atlanta in this book.

There is a group on facebook called 'Killer Authors Club, which I belong to. It was founded by three authors, one of which is this author, Kimberly Belle. I only knew of Heather Gudenkauf as one of the three as I've read her book for several years now. When I got this book, I wasn't aware this author was one of the three founders. The club introduces new authors in the killer genre and introduces new releases.

As for this book I like books that pack a punch right out of the gate then keep the action going throughout the book and this book did all that. There are actually two expats that are central in this mystery. I never knew that Amsterdam had a thriving diamond business. I don't come across that many books set in Amsterdam and that part of the book was interesting.

All in all, it was a fun interesting listen.