Short description
Hazel crane’s life story reads like a racy paperback, but it is true. And here for the first time, from beyond the grave, it is revealed in the explosive, tell all biography of a rare gem who came to be known as the queen of Diamonds.
Long description
Hazel Crane made untold millions by daring to challenge the system. She clawed her way up from the grim streets of Belfast to a glittering mansion in designer Johannesburg.
She brought the chauvinist barons of business and organised crime to their knees. She broke the law, single-handedly outwitting and humiliating whole teams of top cops. She manipulated the courtship of powerful men, profiting from their greed and leaving them broken and confused in her wake.
But she made bitter enemies of dangerous men. They began by murdering people close to her. Then, on the morning of Monday November 10, 2003, they gunned down Hazel in cold blood. But even in death, she was never going to be silenced.
This book is her legacy. Her indomitable spirit lives on in its pages. Hazel Crane was an enigma. She was a ruthless dealer, a doting mother, a shrewd operator, generous to a fault. Her first husband died in combat against African nationalists. Her best friend was legendary South African nationalist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.