An Unfortunate Place to Die

The US sends a young intelligence agent into East Africa to try to penetrate an Islamic jihadist group believed to be planning a major terrorist attack on a US target.  But soon after he arrives, the agent and a young woman he meets run afoul of both the terrorists and the notoriously corrupt local police, trapping them in a web of terror and deceit from which they must somehow find a way out.


long_summary: The Islamic terrorist group al Shabaab has overrun Somalia and is believed to be planning a major terrorist attack across the border in neighboring Kenya.  US officials are concerned the attack may be aimed at an American target in retaliation for recent drone strikes the US has been conducting against the terrorists.  As part of an all-out effort to thwart the attack, the US sends a young intelligence agent, Alex Morgan, to Mombasa, the center of Kenya’s Muslim community where al Shabaab is known to have a covert presence, to try to uncover information about the group’s plans.  But soon after he arrives, Alex and a young French woman he meets run afoul of both al Shabaab and the notoriously corrupt Mombasa police, causing Alex to wonder whether he has in fact been sent into a trap.  Caught in a web of terror and deceit, Alex and the young woman must somehow find a way out with their lives hanging in the balance.


Author_Bio: 

Allan Taylor is an attorney and a decorated Army veteran.  He lives in Boston with his family. ‘The Fantasy Girl’ was his first novel, a mystery thriller.


Keywords: Spy, Thriller, Africa, Terrorist, Espionage, Lies, Murder, Sex, Corruption, Betrayal