Damascus Street (The Syria Quartet #2) by Cathy Sultan

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In this masterly sequel to The Syrian, author and Middle East expert Cathy Sultan once again uses her unique knowledge of the region to spin a suspenseful web of intrigue and deceit, mirroring the complexities of this ancient place where nothing is as it seems. In Damascus Street, a story set in a Lebanon still struggling to cope with the political repercussions of a bloody fifteen-year civil war, Andrew Sullivan, an idealistic American physician, becomes the unknowing pawn in a deadly spy game where an intricate cast of characters lures him into a maze of deception and illusion. As he attempts to find and rescue his fiancée Nadia Khoury, who has been kidnapped by Syria’s former Intelligence chief, this riveting political thriller takes surprising turns in a tale of lost innocence, passion and survival.