First published 2009
Jonathan Ransom works as a physician in remote Africa under a false identity. His wife Emma has disappeared into the espionage underworld after betraying Division, a secret American intelligence agency. The couple plans a secret weekend together in London. Their romantic meeting turns deadly when terrorists attack a convoy of limousines. Emma vanishes in the chaos. Police arrest Jonathan and threaten him with life imprisonment unless he helps them capture his wife. Jonathan escapes and goes on the run. He must become a spy himself to track down Emma and uncover the conspiracy she seems to be leading. As Jonathan searches for his wife, he discovers he has been manipulated in a complex game of international intelligence warfare that extends far beyond what he understood.
Genres: adventure, mystery, thriller, action, espionage
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, fish-out-of-water, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Africa, London
Period: 21st-century
432 pages · Hardcover · Doubleday
Content warnings: violence