New York & Boston: Little Brown, (2002). Hardcover first edition - Told from the perspective of the youngest son, when he returns to the island 50 years later, this is a complicated tale of a family that heads for an island - Elba - off the coast of Italy hoping to make a fortune in jewels - the Tourmaline of the title - but instead becomes embroiled in a mystery surrounding the disappearance of a local girl. "Details of Elba's rich history, and particularly of Napoleon's exile there, are artfully woven into the narrative. This is an absorbing picture of a family rediscovering themselves in a foreign land." (Publishers Weekly). ISBN: 0-316776181.