Lathrop, John. The desert contract, New York : Scribner, 2008.This is a romantic suspenseful story about an American businessman Steve, who returns to living in a small ex-pat community in Saudi Arabia and rekindles a romance with a now married Irish woman, Helen. Steve and Helen struggle to keep their love alive amid political unrest including a sudden Shiite coup that threatens the unpopular and corrupt regime. Lathrop knows the Middle East well and draws from his own experience of living and working there for 15 years. This is a fine first novel.
The link to this author's website is
http://jplathrop.net/
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