The book begins with Marie Mitchell fleeing with her 4 year old twins after dispatching an assassin who broke into her house. Marie has quite an interesting story. She is a former F.B.I. agent who was used in a secret operation in Burkina Faso that lead to the death of charismatic leader Thomas Sankara. The journey that lead her there is complex and interesting. Marie's older sister Helene started on her path to a career in intelligence, her father's career in law enforcement lead the way for both daughters. But nothing is simple for Marie. She is smart, talented, and black...an oddity in the cold war era intelligence agencies. She is an obvious choice for an operation in Africa but bristles at the idea that her main job is to seduce a man to open up an avenue for blackmail. Once she meets the man, though, she finds herself interested on another level. Is there more to this assignment that she accepts to find out more about the untimely and seemingly accidental death of her sister? In the tradition of all good spy books, of course there is more. The audio version of this book is perfectly done by Bahni Turpin.
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