Pariah
Coming July 22nd
Hal Knight, a comedian-turned-politician, is in disgrace. After a humiliating encounter on a film set that went viral, he has resigned his seat in Congress, quit social media and fled to the tiny Caribbean island of Vieques to hide out and nurse his wounds. Shortly after arriving, he is approached by a trio of CIA operatives hoping to recruit him to infiltrate the power structure of Bolrovia—a hostile, Eastern European country whose despotic president, Nikolai Horvatz, happens to be a longtime fan of Knight’s adolescent humor. Skeptical, but with little to lose, Knight accepts the challenge, sensing this might be his one remaining chance to do something worthwhile, even if no one else ever finds out.
About Dan
Dan Fesperman, a former foreign correspondent for the Baltimore Sun, is the author of thirteen critically acclaimed novels of intrigue and suspense, books that draw upon his many experiences abroad. His novels have won two Dagger Awards from the UK Crime Writers Association, the Dashiell Hammett Prize from the International Association of Crime Writers, the Barry Award for Best Thriller, and have been selected as the year’s best mystery/thriller by USA Today. He lives just north of Baltimore.
Awards
Three of Dan’s novels have been shortlisted for Dagger awards by the UK’s Crime Writer’s association, with Lie in the Dark winning the John Creasey Dagger for best first novel (1999), and The Small Boat of Great Sorrows winning the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for best thriller (2003). The Warlord’s Son was shortlisted for the 2004 Steel Dagger for best thriller. The Prisoner of Guantánamo won the 2006 Hammett Award from the North American branch of the International Association of Crime Writers, while USA Today selected it as the best mystery/thriller novel of 2006. The Letter Writer was selected as one of 2016’s Top Ten Crime Novels by The New York Times.