Missionary Stew

A presidential election hangs in the balance in this fast-paced political thriller from the Edgar Award–winning author, "America's best storyteller" (The New York Times).

Missionary Stew follows political fundraiser Draper Haere on a quest to uncover the secret behind a right-wing coup in an unnamed Central American country. He seeks the information in order to get dirt on his boss's opponent in the 1984 US Presidential election.

Haere's pursuit of the truth repeatedly puts his life in danger, as the powers-that-be stop at nothing to keep the episode buried. Along the way, Haere carries on an affair with the wife of his candidate and enlists the aid of Morgan Citron, an almost-Pulitzer winning journalist who has recently been released from an African prison where the prisoners where fed human flesh—the titular missionary stew.

Together, Citron and Haere face up against cocaine traffickers, Latin American generals, corrupt US officials, and Citron's estranged, tabloid-publisher mother.

Praise for Ross Thomas

"Ross Thomas is without peer in American suspense." —Los Angeles Times

"What Elmore Leonard does for crime in the streets, Ross Thomas does for crime in the suites." —The Village Voice

"A master of the crime thriller." —Publishers Weekly