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Prometheus Books
February 2015
On Sale: February 3, 2015
ISBN: 1616140178
EAN: 9781616140175
Kindle: B00MKZ0R10
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Fiction
A young inventor and his wife are killed in a terrorist
attack—leaving behind a will that surprises friends and
parents by directing a vast fortune toward charities in the
developing world. On the ground in Afghanistan,
international charities rapidly search for Afghan partners
to compete for the attention of the new foundation, focusing
their efforts on two particular women in the village of
Laashekoh: a young mother who might have been wrongly
imprisoned for her role in helping to run a
child-trafficking ring; and an older, educated woman who has
a reputation for providing reproductive healthcare—including
abortions. Meanwhile, most Laashekoh villagers do not want Western
charity and are astounded to be regarded as potential
recipients; they are self-sufficient and see no need for
outside intervention in village concerns. But when a group
of orphanage workers visiting the village goes missing, foul
play is immediately suspected and the villagers face tough
questions. As Afghans and Westerners work to uncover the truth, the
reputations of charity workers, potential beneficiaries, and
locals in Laashekoh are called into question. The stakes are
high, the sums of money are huge, and cultures clash. All
these are motivations for fraud and murder in Allure of Deceit.
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