Liar's Candle: A Novel
August Thomas
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In this brilliant debut thriller, reminiscent of the works of John le Carre and Olen Steinhauer and infused with the authenticity of the authorβs travels, a young American State Department intern based in Turkey becomes βthe woman who knows too muchβ and is marked for death.
Penny Kessler, an intern at the US Embassy in Ankara, Turkey, wakes up in a hospital on the morning of July 5th to find herself at the center of an international crisis. The day before, the Embassy was the target of a devastating terrorist attack that killed hundreds of Pennyβs friends and colleagues. Not only has a photograph of Penny as she emerged from the rubble become the eventβs defining image, but for reasons she doesnβt understand, her bosses believe sheβs a crucial witness.
Suddenly, everyone is intensely interested in what Penny knows. But what does she know? And whom can she trust? As she struggles to piece together her memories, she discovers that Zach Robson, the young diplomat sheβd been falling for all summer, went missing during the attack. And one of the CIAβs most powerful officials, Christina Ekdahl, wants people to believe Zach was a traitor.
What actually happened?
Penny barely has time to ask before she discovers that her own government wants her dead. Soon, with only a single allyβa rookie intelligence officer fresh out of the Navyβshe is running a perilous gauntlet, ruthlessly pursued by Turkeyβs most powerful forces and by the CIA.
To survive, Penny must furiously improvise. Tradecraft takes a lifetime to master. She has less than thirty-six hours. And sheβs only twenty-one years old. This is her first real testβone she canβt fail.
Penny Kessler, an intern at the US Embassy in Ankara, Turkey, wakes up in a hospital on the morning of July 5th to find herself at the center of an international crisis. The day before, the Embassy was the target of a devastating terrorist attack that killed hundreds of Pennyβs friends and colleagues. Not only has a photograph of Penny as she emerged from the rubble become the eventβs defining image, but for reasons she doesnβt understand, her bosses believe sheβs a crucial witness.
Suddenly, everyone is intensely interested in what Penny knows. But what does she know? And whom can she trust? As she struggles to piece together her memories, she discovers that Zach Robson, the young diplomat sheβd been falling for all summer, went missing during the attack. And one of the CIAβs most powerful officials, Christina Ekdahl, wants people to believe Zach was a traitor.
What actually happened?
Penny barely has time to ask before she discovers that her own government wants her dead. Soon, with only a single allyβa rookie intelligence officer fresh out of the Navyβshe is running a perilous gauntlet, ruthlessly pursued by Turkeyβs most powerful forces and by the CIA.
To survive, Penny must furiously improvise. Tradecraft takes a lifetime to master. She has less than thirty-six hours. And sheβs only twenty-one years old. This is her first real testβone she canβt fail.
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August Thomas began her first novel, Liarβs Candle, at age twenty three. Fluent in Turkish, she has traveled and studied in Turkey as the recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship, and holds Masterβs degrees from BogaziΓ§i, Istanbulβs top public university, as well as the University of Edinburgh. She also has two degrees from the University of Massachusetts. A travel writer as well as a novelist, she lives in Massachusetts. You can find her at AugustThomasBooks.com.
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