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An easy job on a tourist barge turns into a dangerous game to stay alive.
Drunk, broke, and in hiding, American Kip Weston runs into an acquaintance in a run-down bar in Paris who tells him about a job opening on a small tourist barge operating on the canals of Burgundy. With nothing to lose, Kip decides to take the job only to discover one of the guests in Mr. Carbonne, a dangerous mob boss from Marseilles who arrives with his much younger mistress, Brigitte, and several bodyguards in tow. Soon, Kip and Brigitte undertake a surreptitious love affair that, if discovered, could prove fatal for them both. As the tension on board ratchets up, a terrified Brigitte agrees to flee with Kip. But Kip’s trust in his lover quickly erodes as more of her past is revealed. And, he keeps looking over his shoulder wondering how long it will be before his own past catches up to him.
Praise for Stephen Holgate
“Holgate has created a memorable lead character and made Madagascar, where the implausible is not only possible, it is mandatory, palpable. Le Carré fans won’t want to miss this one” —starred review from Publishers Weekly
“Stephen Holgate weaves an exquisite tapestry of wartime espionage, intrigue and mystery in [Tangier] his astounding debut novel.” —BookReporter
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