"This middle grade series reads like the Bourne Identity - but for kids."
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#1 Best seller | THE EXCITING SEQUEL TO THE CRIME TRAVELERS SPY MYSTERY SERIES | ALSO AVAILABLE: BOOK 1 - BRAINWASHED |Age Level: 8 - 14 | US Grade Level: 3rd - 8th|



Lucas Benes is yet again a boy on a mission. After sabotaging a mass kidnapping in Paris, Lucas Benes faces a new and perilous threat from Siba Gnerro and her anything-but-good Good Company. When a briefcase-toting kid from the Falkland Islands joins the New Resistance Spy School, 14-year-old Lucas learns the truth about his mother and becomes a boy on a mission. Lucas and friends speed in and around Rome--from the Colosseum to the Vatican--until they stowaway on a cargo ship carrying diamonds that could unlock the secret to Lucas's past and destroy the Good Company's future.

In this action-packed second installment of the Crime Travelers mystery series, author Paul Aertker takes readers on a gripping world tour filled with adrenaline, humor, and pure excitement.

Diamonds Are For Never is the second book in the bestselling Crime Travelers collection. The first book in the series, Brainwashed (#1 Amazon Best Selling Children's Travel Books), tracks the secret urban adventures of the New Resistance, a network of international teenage spies. This humorous and exciting middle school series with short chapters is perfect for school reading lists. "This mystery book is like a secret diary of lost kids in adverse international settings." A secret spy rider uses Kano, Minecraft, and Psion to help the kids travel the planet. Parents, teachers, and librarians will appreciate the worldwide geography and appropriate language for ages 9 - 14.



"If you liked Alex Rider, you'll love Crime Travelers."- Larry Yoder, Spy | Mystery | Travel Bookseller