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When four friends, working at a giant refugee camp in Kenya for Somalis, are hijacked by bandits, John Wells, brought in to find them, goes undercover in a country that isn't his usual playing field where he discovers that the truth behind the kidnappings is far more complex than he imagined.

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Main Author: Berenson, Alex
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, [2013]
Series:Berenson, Alex, John Wells novel ; 7.
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Intelligence officers > Fiction.
Undercover operations > Fiction.
Americans > Africa, East > Fiction.
Suspense fiction > Kenya.
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Summary:When four friends, working at a giant refugee camp in Kenya for Somalis, are hijacked by bandits, John Wells, brought in to find them, goes undercover in a country that isn't his usual playing field where he discovers that the truth behind the kidnappings is far more complex than he imagined.
Physical Description:387 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:9780399159725
039915972X
Author Notes:Alex Berenson was born on January 6, 1973. He graduated from Yale University in 1994 with degrees in history and economics. After college, he became a reporter for the Denver Post. In 1996, he became one of the first employees at TheStreet.com, the financial news website. In 1999, he became a reporter for The New York Times. While there he covered topics ranging from the occupation of Iraq to the flooding of New Orleans to the financial crimes of Bernie Madoff. He left the Times in 2010 to concentrate on writing fiction, but he occasionally contributes to the newspaper.

His first book, The Faithful Spy, won the 2007 Edgar Award for Best First Novel. His other works include The John Wells series and the nonfiction books The Number and The Prisoner.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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