Secrets of State

In this breathtaking thriller from the author of The American Mission, two countries teeter on the brink of nuclear war. Sam Trainor, once a top South Asia expert in the State Department, is now sidelined and working in the private sector, struggling to adapt to profits-driven consulting. When he discovers a transcript of a phone conversation outlining ways to provoke conflict between India and Pakistan, he realizes the conversation couldn’t have happened—because he is having an affair with one of the alleged participants. Someone is deliberately stoking tensions between these nuclear-armed rivals, and to prevent all-out war, Sam must navigate a deadly game of deception where no one, not even his closest colleagues, can be trusted. Praised as “a gut-churning international thriller” by Huffington Post, “a fantastic read” by Suspense Magazine, and “an excellent political thriller” by Library Journal, this novel is a high-stakes, pulse-pounding ride.