A guy steals stuff, converts to diamonds, puts them in a bottle/flask, hides it in a christmas tree where it would wait until he is released from jail 12 years later. And that very year, this very tree is to be cut and transported to New york and exhibited publicly – talk of coincidences…..
total time pass story with nobody making any real smart moves..i could think of a few turns that would have improved the plot drastically.
Each of them writing alone, does a better job than this joint effort..first i read.