Liars Candle, August Thomas
Liars Candle, August Thomas
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Liar's Candle

Author: August Thomas

Narrator: Rebekkah Ross

Unabridged: 10 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/17/2018


Synopsis

In this brilliant debut thriller, reminiscent of the works of John le Carre and Olen Steinhauer and infused with the authenticity of the author’s travels, a young American State Department intern based in Turkey becomes “the woman who knows too much” and is marked for death.

Penny Kessler, an intern at the US Embassy in Ankara, Turkey, wakes up in a hospital on the morning of July 5th to find herself at the center of an international crisis. The day before, the Embassy was the target of a devastating terrorist attack that killed hundreds of Penny’s friends and colleagues. Not only has a photograph of Penny as she emerged from the rubble become the event’s defining image, but for reasons she doesn’t understand, her bosses believe she’s a crucial witness.

Suddenly, everyone is intensely interested in what Penny knows. But what does she know? And whom can she trust? As she struggles to piece together her memories, she discovers that Zach Robson, the young diplomat she’d been falling for all summer, went missing during the attack. And one of the CIA’s most powerful officials, Christina Ekdahl, wants people to believe Zach was a traitor.

What actually happened?

Penny barely has time to ask before she discovers that her own government wants her dead. Soon, with only a single ally—a rookie intelligence officer fresh out of the Navy—she is running a perilous gauntlet, ruthlessly pursued by Turkey’s most powerful forces and by the CIA.

To survive, Penny must furiously improvise. Tradecraft takes a lifetime to master. She has less than thirty-six hours. And she’s only twenty-one years old. This is her first real test—one she can’t fail.

About August Thomas

August Thomas began her first novel, Liar’s Candle, at age twenty three. Fluent in Turkish, she has traveled and studied in Turkey as the recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship, and holds Master’s degrees from Bogaziçi, Istanbul’s top public university, as well as the University of Edinburgh. She also has two degrees from the University of Massachusetts. A travel writer as well as a novelist, she lives in Massachusetts. You can find her at AugustThomasBooks.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Cindy on July 31, 2020

Liar’s Candle is an incredibly well-written spy novel with an authentic and believable cast of characters and a page-turner of a plot. Penny Kessler is an intern at the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey who survives a bombing of an Embassy party and is thought to have information on the bombing which c......more

Goodreads review by Wendy on May 06, 2018

Liar's Candle, by August Thomas, is an interesting fast-paced political thriller. 21 year old Penny Kessler, an intern at the US Embassy in Ankara, Turkey wakes up in a hospital on July 5th, the day after a disastrous bomb has killed hundreds of people at the embassy's Independence Day party. She is......more

Goodreads review by L.A. on July 08, 2018

This is the internationally-set thriller (with a U.S. focus) for which you've been waiting. Superb action, sympathetic protagonist, unusual and exotic setting by an author who knows the place and the language. Well-paced, well-written, good characters--I hope to see many more books like this from Au......more

Goodreads review by Rincey on February 15, 2019

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