Liar's candle
(Book)

Reminiscent of the work of John le Carre and Olen Steinhauser, this brilliant debut novel features a young State Department intern on the run in Turkey, trying to outwit and outmaneuver everyone from the Turkish president to Islamic extremists to the CIA. Racing to keep from being killed and to uncover the truth, Penny Kessler reluctantly partners with Connor Beauregard, a rookie CIA officer on his first overseas assignment. But the two won't survive unless they can trust each other and keep their wits about them. Print run 5,000.

Penny Kessler, an intern at the US Embassy in Ankara, Turkey, wakes up in a hospital after the Embassy was the target of a devastating terrorist attack that killed hundreds. Suddenly, everyone is intensely interested in what Penny knows. But as she struggles to piece together her memories, she discovers that Zach Robson, the young diplomat she'd been falling for all summer, went missing during the attack. And CIA official Christina Ekdahl wants people to believe Zach was a traitor. Now her own government wants her dead. Penny reluctantly partners with Connor Beauregard, a rookie CIA officer on his first overseas assignment.