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Is it deja vu for con man Max O'Brien? More than a decade ago, his brother Philippe, an ambassador to El Salvador was murdered at his job. Now, his nephew David, a young Canadian diplomat in New Delhi, has been attacked by terrorists. Will David survive the attack? And just why was he the target of terrorists in the first place?
When Indian officials seem to be misdirecting the inquiry into David's attack--and the Canadians are more interested in catching Max for his crimes than focusing on David--there's only one solution, and that is for Max to travel to India to find David's attackers. It turns out, of course, that there's more to the story than David being at the wrong place at the wrong time.
Mario Bolduc has penned a compelling if complex tale of the secrets that underlie both the O'Brien family and their work. While Max is skilled at deception, his brother and nephew have been using their own skills in this area, albeit for the greater good of the people they are serving. When each falls afoul of the powers that be, their fates seem sealed, like father, like son.
As a result, there are many mysteries looping around each individual's story in this novel. First, there's the attack on David in India. Is it terrorism or something even more sinister at play? There's also the mystery of why Philippe's wife blames Max for Philippe's death and spends more time trying to send Canadian police chasing after Max than supporting him in his quest to seek the truth behind her son's death.
Just when it seems that the reader never is going to get any answers, the author pulls out a brilliant trick to wrap up the storyline perfectly, pulling all the disparate pieces together into a cohesive, satisfying whole.
§ Christine Zibas is a freelance writer and former director of publications for a Chicago nonprofit.
Reviewed by Christine Zibas, September 2016
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