Book description
A young woman finds herself in the crosshairs of powerful and very dangerous enemies when she travels to Cairo to uncover the truth about her brother’s mysterious death in this smart, atmospheric, and propulsive literary thriller from the acclaimed author of A Beautiful Crime and Orient
“Bollen writes expansive, psychologically…
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1 author picked The Lost Americans as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I tend to think that Christopher Bollen and I are similar writers in that we both write literary thrillers with gay main characters set in exotic locations (Cairo in the case of The Lost Americans).
Cracking the cover of any Christopher Bollen novel is a guaranteed door into a new world, even if it’s one you think you already know. His stories, always credible, suspenseful, and filled with engaging characters, have so many unexpected twists that you can’t guess the ending. You don’t want it to be finished when you turn the last page because getting there was so…
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